Medicine Walk, Paperback

Descriere

Growing up in the care of the old man he was entrusted to at birth, Franklin Starlight has never really known his biological father, Eldon. The fleeting moments he shared with the alcoholic man have only ended in disasters that haunt the boy. But when father, coming to the end of his alcohol-ruined life, reaches out to sixteen-year-old son their first and last journey together begins. Hesitantly, Franklin obliges his dying father s wish to be buried as a warrior and together they hazard the rugged and dangerous beauty of the backcountry to find an appropriate burial site. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son the desolate moments in his life, as well as the times of hope the family history Franklin has never known. As Father tells the tale, the Son, and the reader, live for the stories, in the hope that they will shed light on the mysteries of a tortured past.""

Despre autor

Richard Wagamese

scriitor ojibwe (1955-2017)

Richard Wagamese a fost un autor și jurnalist canadian de origine ojibwe din Națiunile Independente Wabaseemoong din nord-vestul provinciei Ontario. A fost cel mai cunoscut pentru romanul Indian Horse (2012), care a câștigat Premiul Burt pentru Literatura Primelor Națiuni, a Métis și a Inuitilor în 2013 și a fost un titlu concurent în ediția din 2013 a Canada Reads.