Cuckoo
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A poignant novel about the love between a white girl and an Innu man, about the life of a large family against the backdrop of historical changes. Like all children of Canadian settlers, Almandu was taught to hold onto her land and work in the fields. But on the riverbank, she met an Indian man who arrived in a canoe, and the free nomadic lifestyle lured her in. Fifteen-year-old Almandu was not afraid of hunting, fishing, cooking over a fire, or crossing turbulent rivers. She learned to read the clouds, tan hides, and give birth to children. The family's life in the forest was incredibly happy, but the idyll did not last long: progress came to the Indian lands and began taking away everything dear to Almandu, one by one. A bitter, yet at the same time filled with intimate tones and the light of memory, the novel about those who were long preferred to be unnoticed. At the heart of the book is the story of the life of Kukum, the writer's great-grandmother. "Michel Jean managed to do what no documentary film, report, or history book can do: truly touch people's hearts." La Presse
Author:
Author:Jean Michel
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Fiction
Dimensions:
Dimensions:20.8x13.5x2.5 cm
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-907428-87-4
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