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9781571310477: Ordinary Wolves
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ISBN 10: 1571310479 ISBN 13: 9781571310477
Editorial: Milkweed Editions, 2005

Sinopsis

A white boy transplanted from Chicago to the Arctic tundra of Alaska finds himself struggling to adapt to his new home, where he must learn to hunt, fish, and live off the land, separated from the constant call of consumer culture. Reprint.

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Críticas

"Once in a great while a novel comes along that can shiver right down your bones and show you the world was always larger than you knew. This is just such an astonishing book: exotic as a dream, acrid and beautiful and honest as life, it sweeps back the material curtain of human contrivance to reveal what lies panting behind it. A piece of your heat and some longing, I promise, will stay in that other place forever."

Reseña del editor

In the tradition of Jack London, Seth Kantner presents an Alaska far removed from majestic cliches of exotic travelogues and picture postcards. Kantner s vivid and poetic prose lets readers experience Cutuk Hawcly s life on the Alaskan plains through the character s own words feeling the pliers pinch of cold and hunkering in an igloo in blinding blizzards. Always in Cutuk s mind are his father Ab; the legendary hunter Enuk Wolfglove, and the wolves all living out lives on the unforgiving tundra. Jeered and pummeled by native children because he is white, Cutuk becomes a marginal participant in village life, caught between cultures. After an accident for which he is responsible, he faces a decision that could radically change his life. Like his young hero, Seth Kantner grew up in a sod igloo in the Alaska, and his experiences of wearing mukluks before they were fashionable, eating boiled caribou pelvis, and communing with the native tribes add depth and power to this acclaimed narrative."

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Editorial
Milkweed Editions
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1571310479
ISBN 13 
9781571310477
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
344
Contacto del fabricante
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