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The Sasquatch at home :  traditional protocols & modern storytelling
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The Sasquatch at home : traditional protocols & modern storytelling
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2011
Book > Biography
Creators
Robinson, Eden
Contributors
Simons, Paula; Canadian Literature Centre
Description
"In March 2010 the Canadian Literature Centre hosted award-winning novelist and storyteller Eden Robinson at the 4th annual Henry Kreisel Lecture. Robinson shared an intimate look into the intricacies of family, culture, and place through her talk, 'The Sasquatch at Home.' Robinson's disarming honesty and wry irony shine through her depictions of her and her mother's trip to Graceland, the Potlatch where she and her sister received their Indian names, how her parents first met in Bella Bella (Waglisla, British Columbia) and a wilderness outing where she and her father try to get a look at b'gwus, the Sasquatch. Readers of memoir; Indigenous literatures, histories and cultures; and fans of Robinson's delightful, poignant, sometimes quirky tales will love The Sasquatch at Home"--publisher's website.
Language
English; French

More Information

ISBN
9780888645593
Statement of Responsibility
Eden Robinson ; [introduction by Paula Simons].
Publication Information
Edmonton : University of Alberta Press
Physical Description
[xii], 49 p. : ill ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references: pages 45-49.
Text in English. Foreword in English and French.
Co-published by: Canadian Literature Centre/Centre de littérature canadienne.
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