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Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel
Waubgeshig Rice (Author), Billy Merasty (Narrator), ECW Press (Publisher) & 0 more★★★★★
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Customers find the content wonderful, interesting, and entertaining. They describe the story as simple, easy to read, and compelling. Readers describe the writing quality as excellent, visual, and vibrant. They say the book is informative, insightful, and truthful about indigenous culture. They find the characters compelling and genuine. Readers also appreciate the readability, saying it's accessible to non-Native readers and reads like dystopian science fiction. Opinions are mixed on the atmosphere, with some finding it sensitive and portentous, while others say it builds up an increasingly eerie and hostile atmosphere.
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A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voiceWith winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow. The community leadership loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve. Tensions rise and, as the months pass, so does the death toll due to sickness and despair. Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader named Evan Whitesky, they endeavor to restore order while grappling with a grave decision. Blending action and allegory, Moon of the Crusted Snow upends our expectations. Out of catastrophe comes resilience. And as one society collapses, another is reborn. Read more