AMUN
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In the Innu language, amun means “gathering.” Under the direction of Innu writer and journalist Michel Jean, this collection brings together Indigenous authors from different backgrounds, First Nations, and generations. Their works of fiction sometimes reflect history and traditions, other times the reality of First Nations in Canada. Offering the various perspectives of well-known creators, this book presents the theatre of a gathering and the speaking out of people who are too rarely heard.
Authors: Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Melissa Mollen Dupuis, Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau, Naomi Fontaine, Alyssa Jérôme, Michel Jean, Jean Sioui, Maya Cousineau-Mollen, and Joséphine Bacon.
“Ten different stories set in multiple epochs and contexts, offering glimpses of lives that provide a wider view and understanding of Indigenous experiences.” —Montreal Review of Books Full review here: mRb
“Young or old, men or women, Innu, Huron-Wendat or Métis, the ten authors of Amun have one thing in common… they write to a certain extent with their blood: their stories resonate with personal dramas and a memory abused by centuries of oppression… “Not surprisingly, the short stories in Amun lead one after the other to rather sobering observations…” —Christian Desmeules, Le Devoir
Michel Jean is Innu and a member of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation. He is a news anchor and investigative reporter (notably at Radio-Canada, RDI and TVA), a fiction writer, and the author of nine books.
Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo has translated four novels by Quebec authors published by Exile Editions, including her translation of Marc Séguin’s Hollywood, one of five finalists for the Governor General’s Award for French literature in 2013. She is an active member of the Quebec Writers’ Federation, and the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada.
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