Monkey Beach
by:
Eden Robinson (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780307363930 (0307363937)
Publish date: October 5th 2011
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Mystery,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Magical Realism,
Canada,
Gothic
I could not resist the narrative voice of this earthy, augury filled, family rich story set in the First Nations Haisla community of western Canada. Nineteen year old Lisamarie is generally fearless and never takes guff from anyone--she’ll launch herself at a gang of bullies without hesitation and h...
"Weegit the raven has mellowed in his old age. He's still a confirmed bachelor, but he's not the womanizer he once was. Plying the stock market - instead of spending his time being a trickster - has paid off and he has a comfortable condo downtown. He plays up the angle about creating the world and ...
Modern Canadian Aboriginal Gothic fiction, just my thing. There was a lot to like about this book, and it was an easy and engaging read. I wanted the prose to be a little more stylish and the story a little more intense, but that's more my tastes and not the fault of the book. By the end of the book...
10 years ago
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