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Image courtesy of University of Oklahoma Press
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Kiss of the fur queen
Source Record

2008
Book > Novel
Creators
Highway, Tomson
Description
"'In his first novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen, noted playwright Tomson Highway tells the story of two Cree brothers who were severely abused at a Catholic residential school, and he uses the full transformative power of magic and myth, as well as a compelling traditional novel plot, to restore to them their dignity and, by implication, that of their people.'—Toronto Globe and Mail
 

'Highway's novel vibrates with the force of the collision of two cultures, the long history of a people living at one with nature, and the violence of their enforced conversion to Christianity. Emotionally complex, witty, symphonic and sad, Kiss of the Fur Queen is a remarkable novel, filled with blood, guts, life and love.'—Vancouver Sun"--publisher's website.

More Information

ISBN
9780806139333; 0806139331
Statement of Responsibility
Tomson Highway.
Publication Information
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
Physical Description
310 p. ; 23 cm
Notes
American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series ; v. 34.
Originally published: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, c1998.
 
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