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Indian Horse (2012)

by Richard Wagamese(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1553654021 (ISBN13: 9781553654025)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Douglas & McIntyre

review 1: Richard Wagamese is a terrific writer. He also knuckled me under with the stories of the residential schools and contrasted it with the power of skating and hockey, wind on the face, freedom in the speed and grace. I am particularly moved that about the story arc of the main character, Saul Indian Horse. What happens to him as he grows into adulthood is so believable. There's a compound tragedy there but, instead of focussing on the "what could have been," the book takes us to a different shade of hope, a realistic and moving shade of hope. I highly recommend this book.
review 2: Kept me on the edge of my chair with thoughts of growing up in Thunder Bay with the 'reserve' seen as a culture apart and years later in Yukon working with native youth in custody. Wa... moregamese creates memorable and credible characters who bring the very human drama of repressed and mistreated peoples to the heart in a most searing way. Definitely worth the read and it will forever shift my appreciation of the devastation caused by cultural and racial misunderstanding. less

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