One Good Story, That One is a collection steeped in native oral tradition and shot through with Thomas King’s special brand of wit and comic imagination. These highly acclaimed stories conjure up Native and Judeo-Christian myths, present-day pop culture, and literature while mixing in just the right amount of perception and experience.
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One Good Story, That One is a collection steeped in native oral tradition and shot through with Thomas King’s special brand of wit and comic imagination. These highly acclaimed stories conjure up Native and Judeo-Christian myths, present-day pop culture, and literature while mixing in just the right amount of perception and experience..
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ContentsOne Good Story, That OneTotemMagpiesTrap LinesHow Corporal Colin Sterling Saved Blossom, Alberta, and Most of the Rest of the World as WellThe One about Coyote Going WestA Seat in the GardenJoe the Painter and the Deer Island MassacreA Coyote Columbus StoryBorders
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"There’s a sly, tart intelligence at work in many of these stories. . . . The writing is taut, sharp-edged, and very funny." —Globe and Mail

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780816689781
Publisert
2013-09-01
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Minnesota Press
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, P, 01, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
147

Forfatter

Biographical note

Thomas King is one of Canada’s premier Native public intellectuals. He was the first Aboriginal person to deliver the prestigious Massey Lectures, and he is the best-selling, award-winning author of six novels, two collections of short stories, and two nonfiction books. His work The Inconvenient Indian won the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the RBC Taylor Prize. He is a recipient of the Order of Canada and lives in Guelph, Ontario.