Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel | 
About halfway through Sanaaq. This novel written in Inuktitut by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, an Inuit third-gender artist, writer and repository of local culture, describes Inuit life from the thirties onward. I'm learning so much!
As an aside, the book's cover has a wonderful texture to it, almost like suede. The picture's matte black is the darkest, most absolute black I've ever seen!
#Inuit #Canada
so-soWhere to begin? This is a novel like nothing else, chronicling the life of an Inuit mother and her family, the daily dangers they face, hunting, family life, and the the constant movement from tent to ice-house, plus the arrival of ships, planes, benefits and religions...
It was written by Canadian Inuk third-gender woman, who went on to gain a PhD and UNESCO literary awards, and is a quite fascinating insight into her life and culture 👇🏻
Not sure about a favourite, but I really enjoyed China Iron earlier this year - a lively colourful retelling of the story of gaucho Martin Fierro, from the point of view of his wife, as she travels across Argentina.
Sanaaq is described as the first Canadian Inuit novel, and the first Inuktitut-language novel. I found this looking for challenge prompts a couple of years back, and hope to finally get to it this month.
#integrateyourshelf
From the story that the Inuit have #50wordsforsnow to a novel first written in Inuktitut, one of the Canadian Inuit languages, in the 1950s/60s. It tells the story of a young widow, her extended family and their daily life, and was written in response to a missionary wanting to learn the language. And I might be about to stack a book from my own post 🤷🏻♀️😁 #winterwonderland
