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A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism

By Tomson Highway

Book information

Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9781772120691, 9781772120417, 9781772120714, 9781772120707
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
735 kB (752692 bytes)
Series
CLC Kreisel Lecture Series
Pages
56\0
Time added
2022-12-28 16:02:55
Language Arts; Nonfiction; LAN000000

Description

From his legendary birth in a snow bank in northwestern Manitoba, through his metamorphosis to citizen-artist of the world, playwright, pianist, polyglot, storyteller, and irreverent disciple of the Trickster, Tomson Highway rides roughshod through the languages and communities that have shaped him. Cree, Dene, Latin, French, English, Spanish, and the universal language of music have opened windows and widened horizons in Highway's life. Readers who can hang on tight—Highway fans, culture mavens, cunning linguists, and fellow tricksters—will experience the profundity of Highway's humour, for as he says, "In Cree, you will laugh until you weep."

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