Skip to product information
1 of 1

Harpoon of the Hunter

Regular price $20.95
Regular price $0.00 Sale price $20.95
Sold out
Harpoon of the Hunter is the widely acclaimed story of Kamik, a young hero who comes to manhood while on a treacherous hunt for a wounded polar bear. In this astonishing tale of a people struggling...
Read More
  • 09 November 2007
View Product Details
Based on an Inuit legend, Harpoon of the Hunter is a story of life in the old days, not as it appeared to southerners, but as it has survived in the memory of the Inuit themselves. Emerging from a largely oral tradition, it is the first novel by an Inuit written in English. Markoosie has the rare ability to capture the richness and imagery of the Inuit language in English.
files/i.png Icon
Price: $20.95
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date: 09 November 2007
ISBN: 9780773560635
Format: eBook
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies
REVIEWS Icon
"[A book] for all ages ... the story grabs you from the first page and doesn't let go until the last." Publishers Weekly.