{"product_id":"hunter-with-harpoon","title":"Hunter with Harpoon","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished fifty years ago under the title \u003ci\u003eHarpoon of the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, Markoosie Patsauq's novel helped establish the genre of Indigenous fiction in Canada. This new English translation unfolds the story of Kamik, a young hero who comes to manhood while on a perilous hunt for a wounded polar bear. In this astonishing tale of a people struggling for survival in a brutal environment, Patsauq describes a life in the Canadian Arctic as one that is reliant on cooperation and vigilance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn collaboration with the author, Valerie Henitiuk and Marc-Antoine Mahieu return to the original Inuktitut text to provide English readers with a more accurate translation. With a preface by Patsauq and an afterword from the translators, this edition offers a fresh and contextualized interpretation of a cultural milestone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether revisiting this classic or discovering it for the first time, readers will find in \u003ci\u003eHunter with Harpoon\u003c\/i\u003e a sophisticated coming-of-age tale illustrating a way of life not as it appeared to southerners, but as it has survived in the memory of the Inuit themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251656282456,"sku":"9780228004028","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780228004028.jpg?v=1770875108","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hunter-with-harpoon","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}