Bringing Canada’s aboriginal communities together with English-speaking and French-speaking communities isn’t an exercise in a jiffy, but it certainly can be facilitated by imagination, and adept at reconciling cultural differences. with his trio computerCanadian author David A. Robertson is another piece to the puzzle: the attraction of teens to literature.
First published in English, computer He received great reviews from the Republic of China (ROC) before switching to French. Its author, a member of Norway’s House Cree Nation, located in the heart of Manitoba, received the Governor General’s Award in 2017 and 2021. Arrived at libraries on 1Verse June.
Strangers tells the story of Cole Harper, a young anti-hero who struggles to come to terms with his origins, his desire to forget the traumatic events of nearly a decade and the personality of a discontented and upset teen. The character must return from Winnipeg to his hometown of Wounded Sky, named after the first nation he belonged to, to come to terms with his past.
An exchange of text messages with a childhood friend who had stayed in the village finally convinced him to return to where he was able to save two friends from a deadly fire, but where many other villagers were killed. What he doesn’t know at this time is that he obeys the request of a soul whose intentions are not always so benevolent and that he is not at the end of his troubles, as the Wounded Sky Village suddenly becomes the scene of a series. Of horrific murders and the emergence of a very strange disease that afflicts the local population. An evil troubling in this village where there was once a very mysterious medical laboratory…
Pour Cole, qui s’avère un redoutable joueur de basketball et qui rêve d’entrer à l’université après avoir tout juste terminé l’école secondaire, c’est à la fois un retour dans le temps et une introspection pour né Puberty. A much more difficult clip for who, throughout this trilogy, will adopt the features of a superhero.
It’s an unprecedented blend of genres between science fiction, fantasy, and thriller that the Manitoba author has attempted to achieve some success with in this first volume, which only sets the table for the rest of the story divided into two successive volumes. The narration is clever and attractive. It maintains a good rhythm and the twists and turns are frequent, enough to keep the reader in anticipation until the end…and even beyond that, because this is only the beginning.
From superheroes to superheroes
serial computer It also helps bridge cultures in a country that needs it – Canada -. Everyone sympathizes with this hero who doesn’t seem particularly sympathetic – Cole Harper is the antithesis of Harry Potter – but his past explains his behavior to say the least. illogical.
There are certainly some characters of the original folklore, such as this wolf ghost named Chuch who skillfully personifies the spirit world. The author also uses this often mischievous spirit to address the reader directly at times, which is a way to make the text more engaging.
Usually other items Canadian. Night hockey, a sacred activity on both sides of the Ottawa River, if any, is very present here too. Finally, there is this blanket contrast between outback life and the big city – insofar as one considers Winnipeg a big city…
In short, familiar elements, fantasy elements, and a few surprises along the way make up a story that can be read on its own. Something to satisfy a class of readers who might not have a taste for stuffing themselves a little more dry and above all massive history books, but have been around the world of Marvel-style comic books to learn about the same soil from which most of the unlikely heroes emerged.
Because as the other will say, we were not born heroes – not even on a planet other than Earth, like, say, Krypton -, we became one. And that, David A. Robertson proves it twice: first by painting a portrait of a young adult who will learn to know himself better, and then by paving the way for more works that blend the many solitudes that make up Canada that emerge in the future.
