Kiss of the Fur Queen

✍ Scribed by Highway, Tomson

• Book ID: 107215937
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 188 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Review

"Highway's novel vibrates with the force of the collision of two cultures, the long history of a people living at one with nature, and the violence of their enforced conversion to Christianity. Emotionally complex, witty, symphonic and sad, Kiss of the Fur Queen is a remarkable novel, filled with blood, guts, life and love."-- -- Vancouver Sun

"In his first novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen , noted playwright Tomson Highway tells the story of two Cree brothers who were severely abused at a Catholic residential school, and he uses the full transformative power of magic and myth, as well as a compelling traditional novel plot, to restore to them their dignity and, by implication, that of their people." -- Toronto Globe and Mail

About the Author

Cree playwright and author Tomson Highway holds seven honorary doctorates and has taught and performed at universities across North America and Europe. Among his many literary, dramatic, and musical works are two award-winning plays, The Rez Sisters and Dry-Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing; three children's books; and a musical drama, Rose.