Winter child
Record details
- ISBN: 9781988298061 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
print
regular print
163 pages ; 21 cm - Publisher: Calgary, Alberta : Freehand Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translation of: L'enfant hiver. "Originally published in French in 2014 as L'enfant hiver by Mémoire d'encrier." -- Title page verso. |
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Subject: | French fiction -- Translations into English Mothers and sons -- Fiction Death -- Fiction |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | PES (Text) | 35151001062280 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"A visceral, luminous novel about a Métis woman tracing the life and death of her son. One late September day, amid the year’s first snowfall, the winter child is born. He does not breathe. His mother watches helplessly until 'at least the baby uttered a first tentative croak like a frog unsure of spring’s arrival.' Then again, and again, and again, the winter child narrowly avoids death’s reach. His mother knows 'he would be her wound, she would have to battle to keep him with her, to defend him against the worst of all enemies.' Originally published in French and told through alternating and overlapping memories, Winter Child is a powerful meditation on grief and life. With a poet and storyteller’s language, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau traces a mother’s journey from devastation to strength, descending to the darkest inner depths, and finally finding the generosity of life and love." -- Provided by publisher.