Sanaaq : [sound recording (CD)] an Inuit novel / Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk.

Sanaaq : [sound recording (CD)] an Inuit novel / Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk.

By
Nappaaluk, Mitiarjuk.

Publication Date
2014

Publication Information
[S.I.] : Ecw Press,

Edition
Unabridged.

Volume
4

Physical Description
5 sound discs (6 hr.) in 1 container.

Subject Term
Audiobooks -- Unabridged.
 
Inuit -- Fiction.
 
Canadian fiction.
 
Electronic books.
 
Indigenous peoples -- Fiction.

Series
CONTEMPORARY STUDIES ON THE NORTH ;

Additional Contributors
Frost, Peter, 1955-
 
Saladin d'Anglure, Bernard.
 
Ayalik, Tiffany,

Performer
Read by Tiffany Ayalik.

Summary
Sanaaq is an intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of the qallunaat, the white people, in the mid-nineteenth century. Composed in 48 episodes, it recounts the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi-nomadic community in northern Quebec. Here they live their lives hunting seal, repairing their kayak, and gathering mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes in. These are ordinary extraordinary lives: marriages are made and unmade, children are born and named, violence appears in the form of a fearful husband or a hungry polar bear. Here the spirit world is alive and relations with non-humans are never taken lightly. And under it all, the growing intrusion of the qallunaat and the battle for souls between the Catholic and Anglican missionaries threatens to forever change the way of life of Sanaaq and her young family.

Language
English

ISBN
9780887559556

General Note
Compact discs (CDs)


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberCopyStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult Fic Audio BkAdult Fiction Audio BookFIC NAPv. 4Checked In