Katherena Vermette

The Break

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Produktbeschreibung

A stunning debut novel by multi-award-winning poet Katherena Vermette about a multigenerational indigenous family dealing with the fallout of a shocking crime.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: House of Anansi Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 131mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781487001117
• ISBN-10: 1487001118
• Artikelnr.: 48693553

Autorenporträt

KATHERENA VERMETTE is a Métis writer from Treaty One territory, the heart of the Métis nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her first book, North End Love Songs (The Muses Company) won the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry. Her National Film Board short documentary, this river, won the Coup de Coeur at the Montreal First Peoples Festival and a Canadian Screen Award. Her first novel, The Break (House of Anansi) was a national bestseller and won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. The Break was shortlisted for a Governor General's Literary Award, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and was a 2017 Canada Reads finalist.