In Fond Remembrance of Me: A Memoir of Myth and Uncommon Friendship in the Arctic
by:
Howard Norman (author)
In the fall of 1977, Howard Norman went to Churchill, Manitoba, to translate Inuit folktales, and there he met Helen Tanizaki, an extraordinary linguist translating the same tales into Japanese. In Fond Remembrance of Me recaptures their intimacy, and the remarkable influence that she, and the...
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In the fall of 1977, Howard Norman went to Churchill, Manitoba, to translate Inuit folktales, and there he met Helen Tanizaki, an extraordinary linguist translating the same tales into Japanese. In Fond Remembrance of Me recaptures their intimacy, and the remarkable influence that she, and the tales themselves, would have on the future novelist. Through a series of overlapping panels of reality and memory, Norman evokes with vivid immediacy their brief but life-shifting encounter, and the earthy, robust Inuit folklore that occasioned it.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312425227 (0312425228)
Publish date: January 24th 2006
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Howard Norman is a great writer. His books are usely set in Canada, Nova Scotia or Manitoba. I would love to know more about his experiences; and this is a memoir. It is also bout Inuit tales.
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