Sanaaq : an Inuit novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0887557481
- ISBN: 9780887557484
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Physical Description:
xviii, 227 pages ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press ; Inukjuak, Quebec : Publications Nunavik, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure -- Gathering dwarf birch -- Irsutualuk and the fishing day that wasn't -- A day in the tent -- Fishing on the foreshore -- Moving day and Sanaaq's remarriage -- A Qajaq for Qalingu -- Jiimialuk loses and eye -- The first Qallunaat arrive -- Qalingu tries out the Qajaq -- A daughter is adopted -- An unsuccessful hunt in the Qajaq -- Sanaaq meets a polar bear -- Arnatuinnaq catches her first gull -- From tent to igloo -- Jiimialuk's fatal accident -- A harsh winter in the igloo -- Sanaaq gives birth to a son -- Trip inland -- Hunters caught in a blizzard -- Spring hunting on the Sinaa -- Mussel fishing under the ice -- Spring hunt -- Scenes of summer life -- The legend of Lumaajuq -- The first Catholic missionaries -- A children's quarrel -- A community feast of boiled meat -- Spring hunting, fishing, and gathering -- Hunters adrift on the ice -- Inuit chewing gum -- Learning how to sew and the collapse of the igloo -- Fishing for Iqaluk -- Qalingu makes a Puurtaq and Qumag her first boots -- Gathering eggs -- Spring hunt on the edge of the ice -- A child's carelessness -- A household quarrel -- Sanaaq's flight -- Conjugal violence -- A sorrowful Qalingu -- Sanaaq's return to hospital -- Ritual feast for the first kill -- Qalingu leaves to work among the Qallunaat -- A successful day fishing for Arctic Char -- The first medical examination -- Birth, naming, and conversion -- A broken heart and possession -- Confession and cure. |
Language Note: | Transliterated and translated from Inuktitut to French ; then French to English. |
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Subject: | Inuit -- Fiction Inuit -- Québec (Province) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Inuit -- Québec (Province) -- Social conditions -- Fiction |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Topic Heading: | Indigenous collection. |
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