Biography & Autobiography Literary
The Snow Walker
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2014
- Category
- Literary, Native American Studies
-
Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771000857
- Publish Date
- Mar 2014
- List Price
- $22.95
Add it to your shelf
Where to buy it
Description
Mowat writes passionately of the bonds between a traditional people and the harsh world they inhabit, compiling a collection of stories that gives voice to a vanishing existence lived in the vast Arctic wilderness. The mythic Snow Walker traverses a place foreign to modern man -- a landscape where survival is simultaneously brutal and beautiful; a way of life embodied by fate, superstition and tribal connection; and a world where the ancestors wield an inexplicable magic.
A story from this collection titled "Walk Well, My Brother" was adapted in 2003 for the acclaimed Canadian film titled The Snow Walker. First published in 1975, Douglas & McIntyre is pleased to add The Snow Walker to the Farley Mowat Library series, which includes the other recently re-released titles Sea of Slaughter, People of the Deer, A Whale For the Killing, And No Birds Sang and Born Naked.
About the author
Farley Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1921. He began writing upon his return from serving in World War II, and has since written 44 books. He spent much of his youth in Saskatoon, and has lived in Ontario, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, while travelling frequently to Canada's far north. Throughout, Mowat has remained a determined environmentalist, despairing at the ceaseless work of human cruelty. Yet his ability to capture the tragic comedy of human life on earth has made him a national treasure in Canada, and a beloved storyteller to readers around the world. His internationally celebrated books include People of the Deer, The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, Sea of Slaughter, and The Boat Who Wouldn't Float.
Other titles by
Westviking
The Ancient Norse in Greenland and North America
The Curse of the Viking Grave
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
High Latitudes
Aftermath
Lost in the Barrens
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
Owls in the Family
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
Never Cry Wolf
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
