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Kuessipan
Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
9 posts | 6 read | 7 to read
A fictionalized, meditative chronicle of life among the Innu, a Native tribe in rural northeastern Quebec.
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Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
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Catching up.
#alphabetgame
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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kspenmoll Love love 2y
writerlibrarian @kspenmoll we had a Mapplethorpe retrospective a few years ago and there was a whole room dedicated to his relationship with Patti Smith photographs, music and his art work. It was amazing. I had read the book a few months before. (edited) 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y
kspenmoll @writerlibrarian That sounds like an fabulous exhibit!!!!! 2y
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Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira
Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
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Pickpick

Soft writing. Beautifully bitter and sweet, but mostly the harshness of chosen realities through the announced embellishments of the resigned (IMO) author. Certainly an overwhelming novel.

50 pages, worth a second read, for a deeper immersion in the four subject covered: life styles, town, wild territory and a mother‘s love for her young son.

#ReadCanada 1/13 #Quebec
#SummerBookSpinBingo2020
#kJLU #jelisbleu #franco #reviewJLU

MsMelissa Woo hoo! Book one ✅ 4y
Cathythoughts Nice one 👍🏻❤️ 4y
Lindy So happy to see more love for this novella on Litsy. 😊 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira @Lindy it‘s quite popular around Qc. I‘m having a FB bookclub discussion, this upcoming Thursday with a few #franco ladies. 4y
Lindy @Josee.a.lu.lit.et.lira 👍 4y
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Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira
Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
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Both delivered to my inbox today! 🤗
#ReadCanada & #UnLivreQuebecoisParMois are ON!
Making strides with #SummerBookSpinBingo2020

#JeLisBleu
#BAnQ
#stJLU
#kJLU

Cathythoughts ❤️👍🏻 4y
mirnas Kuessipan est magnifique! J'espère que le film sera aussi bien que le livre. 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira @mirnass si tu n‘as pas encore vu le film, tu peux y avoir accès ici https://www.cbc.ca/films/more/kuessipan 4y
mirnas Merci beaucoup! 4y
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Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira
Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
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#ReadCanada Challenge - So this is my anticipated reading card. Results depend on what I can timely borrow from the library, so I reserve the right to switch titles.
⭐️ I aim for🇨🇦women writers in🇨🇦settings.
This is exciting 🤗
#womenwriters #canadianwriters #canadianwomenwriters
#BAnQ

jenniferw88 Screenshotted for reference - thank you! 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira @jenniferw88 you are very welcome 😊 4y
runswithscissors007 Awesome I was struggling with Nunavut!!! 4y
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candority Looks good! I remember enjoying All My Puny Sorrows when I read it! 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira @runswithscissors007 a few people are going for that one 😉 It should make for interrsting exchanges! 4y
MsMelissa Nice list! I haven‘t read any of them so I‘ll be looking forward to your thoughts on them. 4y
MsMelissa @runswithscissors007 I think we might all end up with the same book for Nunavut 😂 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira @Book_Fiend_Melissa 😅 it will be interesting to see what else comes up or catches our attention. 4y
runswithscissors007 @Book_Fiend_Melissa 👍🏻. It looks good! 4y
Librarybelle Awesome! 4y
Reggie I I really liked Monoceros! I also screenshot this. Thanks! 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira @Reggie are tou doing the challenge? I might of missed that 😏 If so I will mark your handle on my list 🙂 4y
Reggie No, I am not but I could always Use more Canadian Lit in my life.😊 4y
CarolynM Another screenshot here🙂 Looking forward to getting in to this challenge. 4y
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Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira
Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
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I like this game ?

June favorite:
Pour l‘amour de ma mère, Boucar Diouf #blacklivesmatter #franco #jelisbleu

Reading plans:
Finish - A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towel
#ReadCanada & #1LivreQuebecoisParMois - Kuessipan, Naomie Fontaine (Tag)
#SundayBuddyRead - The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
#Solo - The Unthetthered Soul, Micheal A. Singer

@Book_Fiend_Melissa @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
If you feel like playing ?
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 😊💚📚 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful!!! Is that French?! 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Kuessipan is available in English also, but I will read it in French. The author is a Native Innu artist. I was strongly recommended to watch the movie also, which I will do after. https://www.cbc.ca/films/more/kuessipan 4y
MsMelissa Thanks for the tag. I don‘t generally take part in these daily questionnaires but will always make an exception when I‘m tagged 😊 4y
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writerlibrarian
Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
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Pickpick

Poetic prose built as a long, melancholic song. You need to read this little piece by little piece. The precise word, the imagery of the northern land, the life, near the shore, inside the reserve is breathtaking by its bleakness and yet, also its beauty. You won't leave this book unscathed. #booked2019 #indigenousauthor

Cinfhen Beautiful review 5y
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Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
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This my book for today. Not an easy one. It's slim but so powerful, poetic and harsh. I've been reading it in small pieces.
Saturday is hockey night in Canada. 🍁 are in Ottawa and it's do or die for the Habs in Winnipeg.
#readingandwatchinghockey

writerlibrarian Here we go. Still no score after one period and a PP for Ottawa in the beginning of the 2nd. But.... Senators 🚨 after the 🍁 killed the penalty. I'm starting for my next #booked2019. With a little than 5m into the 3rd, 🍁 tie the game 2-2. Leafs lose 4-2 (edited) 5y
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Lindy
Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
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Vignettes. Stark beauty coexists with substance abuse, teenage pregnancy and men who die far too young. Traditional culture offers solid ground for lost souls. Quietly triumphant. #nativebooks #IndigenousVoices

Lindy @prowlix This one is slim, poetic and powerful. 8y
shawnmooney If you are trying to stealthily convert me to a poetry reader, it is gradually working… :-) 8y
Lindy 😇 8y
Lindy @shawnmooney Poetry encompasses many styles. I'm sure there's some kind to please everyone. 8y
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Lindy
Kuessipan | Naomi Fontaine
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The Innu language is like music that you sing, with slow intonations that you stretch out further with your breath. There are no vowels, and that makes the language impenetrable, like a return to nature: harsh, all bark and antlers.