Ashini is the fictionalized autobiography of a Montagnais Indian hunter and nomad; it explores his relationship with nature and his own kind, as well as his reactions to white civilization. The solution which Ashini invents for his own and his people's dilemma is as logical as it is unexpected.
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Ashini is the fictionalized autobiography of a Montagnais Indian hunter and nomad; it explores his relationship with nature and his own kind, as well as his reactions to white civilization. The solution which Ashini invents for his own and his people's dilemma is as logical as it is unexpected.
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Near Very Good. Near Very Good Trade Paperback 1975 Second printing slightly revised, Published in Montreal Clean 134 pp. Translated from the French this is a fictional autobiography of a Montagnais, Absolutely brilliant it is a Native "Moby Dick" Yves Theriaults knowledge of the northern woods and native Algonquin culture is a living poem and the voice of native Quebec shorn of sentimental baggage and not a word wasted. Wonderful translated by Gwendolyn Moore. Light shelf wear NOT a library copy. NO writing tight binding. A writer's writer. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans Cover, Edition page and First page. Read it and weep.