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Lake of the prairies: a story of belonging
Par Warren Cariou. 2002
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Canada (romans)Essais et documents primés, Biographies, Littérature (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires)
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Cariou's memoir on growing up in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, where he witnessed the discrimination, anger and fear directed at the…
town's Cree and Métis populations by the European settlers. While he has absorbed these prejudices as his own, he is forced to confront the politics of race as an adult. Then, he discovers secrets that his family had kept hidden for generations, secrets that would alter forever his sense of identity and belonging in Meadow Lake. Winner of the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize of the 2003 Writers' Trust of Canada Awards. 2002.A place within: rediscovering India
Par M. G Vassanji. 2008
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Canada (romans)Essais et documents primés, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
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Author M. G. Vassanji was born in Africa, where his Indian grandparents had settled, and his relationship to India had…
been complex and contradictory. Vassanji describes his many visits to India, encompassing bustling cities, quiet landscapes, fantastic stories and fascinating characters, in this his part travelogue and description, part history and meditation, and above all a quest for a lost homeland. Some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2009 Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2008.The Penelopiad: The Myth Of Penelope And Odysseus (The myths series)
Par Margaret Atwood. 2005
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé)
Canada (romans), Littérature générale (romans)Poésie, Religion
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For Penelope, wife of Odysseus, maintaining a kingdom while her husband fights in the Trojan War is not easy -…
already aggrieved by the shocking behaviour of her cousin Helen, she must bring up her wayward son, face down scandalous rumours, and keep over a hundred lusty, greedy and bloodthirsty suitors at bay. When Odysseus finally returns home and slaughters the suitors, he also brutally hangs Penelope's twelve beloved maids. What were his motives, and what was Penelope herself really up to? 2005.