Kuessipan by Naomi Fontaine
Kuessipan by Naomi Fontaine
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Kuessipan is a moving book that introduces us to daily life on an Innu reserve. It is with the grace and accuracy of a dazzling language that the author Naomi Fontaine evokes this reality. Kuessipan: an Innu word meaning "your turn" or "your turn". These are places, faces that are known and loved. Nomadic hunters. Nostalgic fishermen. Portraits. Lives around the bay that reflect the things of the Earth. Hares. Bannock. Rituals. Caribou skin drums that make women dance. Children growing up. Old people watching time go by. Salmon to catch. Spruce trees. Visible and invisible barriers. Fleeting pleasures. Alcohol that blows your brains out. Memories. Train journeys. And above all, the evidence that life is this set of pieces that must be fitted together so that the symphony is born.
