An edition of Sanaaq (1984)

Sanaaq

An Inuit Novel

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An edition of Sanaaq (1984)

Sanaaq

An Inuit Novel

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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.

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Language
English
Pages
248

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Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel
Jan 01, 2014, University of Manitoba Press
paperback in English
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Sanaaq
January 2, 2003, Stanké
Paperback in French
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Sanaaq: roman
2002, Stanké
in French
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Sanaaq: Sanaakkut Piusiviningita unikkausinnguangat : mitiarjuup allatangit
1984, Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit, Département d'anthropologie, Université Laval

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Edition Notes

Source title: Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel (Contemporary Studies of the North)

Translation Of
Sanaaq
Translated From
French

Classifications

Library of Congress
PM55.Z5.N37 2014, PM55.Z95 E5 2014

Contributors

Translator
Peter Frost

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Number of pages
248

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27735416M
Internet Archive
sanaaqinuitnovel0000napp
ISBN 10
0887557481
ISBN 13
9780887557484
LCCN
2016438160
OCLC/WorldCat
869434400
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0887557481

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