A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series) - Tapa blanda

Highway, Tomson

 
9781772120417: A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
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ISBN 10: 1772120413 ISBN 13: 9781772120417
Editorial: University of Alberta Press (CA), 2015

Sinopsis

"Speaking one language, I submit, is like living in a house with one window only..." From his legendary birth in a snow bank in northwestern Manitoba, through his metamorphosis to citizen-artist of the world, playwright, pianist, polyglot, storyteller, and irreverent disciple of the Trickster, Tomson Highway rides roughshod through the languages and communities that have shaped him. Cree, Dene, Latin, French, English, Spanish, and the universal language of music have opened windows and widened horizons in Highway's life. Readers who can hang on tight-Highway fans, culture mavens, cunning linguists, and fellow tricksters-will experience the profundity of Highway's humour, for as he says, "In Cree, you will laugh until you weep."

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Acerca del autor

Tomson Highway enjoys an international career as a playwright, novelist, and pianist/songwriter. He is considered one of Canada's foremost Indigenous voices. He is best known for his award-winning plays, The Rez Sisters (1986), Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing (1989), Rose (2000), and Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout (2005), as well as his critically acclaimed novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998). Winner of the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for his memoir Permanent Astonishment, he lives in Gatineau, Quebec.

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Editorial
University of Alberta Press (CA)
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1772120413
ISBN 13 
9781772120417
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Número de páginas
56
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