Through Black Spruce
The story of a Cree family searching for a missing sister, layered with memory and loss in the North.
Work Information
The story of a Cree family searching for a missing sister, layered with memory and loss in the North.
The harshness of the land and the pain of family echo each other, giving weight to the act of searching itself.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Viking
- Published
- 2008-09-09
- Pages
- 368 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780670063635
- ISBN-10
- 9780670063635
- Price
- 7253 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Contemporary
From internationally acclaimed author Joseph Boyden comes an astonishingly powerful novel of contemporary aboriginal life, full of the dangers and harsh beauty of both forest and city. When beautiful Suzanne Bird disappears, her sister Annie, a loner and hunter, is compelled to search for her, leaving behind their uncle Will, a man haunted by loss.While Annie travels from Toronto to New York, from modelling studios to A-list parties,Will encounters dire troubles at home. Both eventually come to painful discoveries about the inescapable ties of family. Through Black Spruce is an utterly unforgettable consideration of how we discover who we really are.
JOSEPH BOYDEN's first novel, Three Day Road , was selected for the Today Show Book Club, won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the CBA Libris Fiction Book of the Year Award, and the Amazon.ca/ Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. His second novel, Through Black Spruce , was awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize and named the Canadian Booksellers Association Fiction Book of the Year; it also earned him the CBA’s Author of the Year Award. His most recent novel, The Orenda , won Canada Reads and was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. Boyden divides his time between Northern Ontario and Louisiana.
Reviews
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Ótimo
Estória incrível e emocionante. Mas é bom poder ler os três livros dessa trilogia. "The Orenda" e "Three Day Road".
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Brillian story
I visited Moosonee and Moose Factory in the 70s, so Through Black Spruce brought back a lot of memories. Apart from an interesting story line the book gives a brilliant description of the beautiful but harsh landscape as well as life in this remote part of Canada.
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Native story, hard to put down!
The book was a bit difficult to get into as the author skips from one character to another in each chapter. As I progressed I thoroughly enjoyed this method of writing and eagerly tried to quickly figure out who this chapter was about and got very good at it as I got to know each character more thoroughly. A really good read, exciting and educational at the same time. Made me feel very compassionate towards the characters in the book. Thanks you Joseph for the good read!
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Through the Black Spruce
I loved this book. Joseph Boyden keeps you hooked by taking you to the "edge of a Cliff" when violent situations arise, then spares you the gory details. He leaves the readers to fill that in for themselves. He truly expresses the reality of life for First Nations People. The lives of the character involved in the story are not sugar coated. Boyden tells it like it is. I like his honesty. He is excellent at writing both in the male and female voices of his characters. This book is a good for readers who want to get into the souls and spirits of people.
Related Literary Awards
- Giller Prize Edition 15 (2008) ・Winner