Spirit Wrestler - Brossura

Houston, James A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 077104206X ISBN 13: 9780771042065

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1997

Riassunto

In the black hours of a wintry night Inuit hunters fight their way through a storm to the camp of the administrator of Baffin Island. Their dog sled carries a dying man who clearly terrifies them. Revived by the officer, the man, Shoona, lives long enough to tell his story.

An unwanted orphan in his youth, Shoona is taught to be a “spirit wrestler,” a shaman capable of influencing the demons and spirits that control human destiny. Revered at first for his magic, Shoona becomes a feared outcast when his enemies are overtaken by uncanny and fatal events. Then, out of pride, he steals the sacred amulets of the powerful sea goddess Sedna, and is confronted by a mysterious white man who is obsessed with Inuit lore, and who soon attracts Shoona’s wife.

Compelling in narrative, rich in character and authentic background, Spirit Wrestler is a saga of the 1950s that illuminates the striking interplay of legend and reality. Long after its startling conclusion, this tale will live on hauntingly in the memory of readers.

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Recensione

“Irresistible...it eloquently conveys the hidden subtleties of an unfamiliar culture.”
–New York Times

“Hypnotically eerie.”
–Toronto Star

“An absorbing novel with a timeless quality.”
–Atlantic Monthly

L'autore

James Houston, a Canadian author-artist, served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment in World War II, 1940-45, then lived among the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic for twelve years as a Northern Service Officer, and the first Administrator of west Baffin Island, a territory of 65,000 square miles. Widely acknowledged as the prime force in the development of Inuit art, he is past chairman of both the American Indian Arts Centre and the Association on American Indian and Eskimo Cultural Foundation Award, the 1979 Inuit Kuavati Award of Merit, and the 1997 Royal Geographic Society’s Massey Medal, and is an officer of the Order of Canada.

Among his writings, The White Dawn has been published in thirty-one editions worldwide. That novel and Ghost Fox, Spirit Wrestler,

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• Editore: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 077104206X
• ISBN 13: 9780771042065
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320