A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series) - Softcover

Tomson Highway

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1772120413 ISBN 13: 9781772120417

Publisher: University of Alberta Press (CA), 2015

Synopsis

"Speaking one language, I submit, is like living in a house with one window only..." 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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About the Author

Tomson Highway enjoys an international career as a playwright, novelist, and pianist/songwriter. He is considered one of Canada's foremost Indigenous voices. He is best known for his award-winning plays, The Rez Sisters (1986), Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing (1989), Rose (2000), and Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout (2005), as well as his critically acclaimed novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998). Winner of the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for his memoir Permanent Astonishment, he lives in Gatineau, Quebec.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Alberta Press (CA)
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1772120413
• ISBN 13: 9781772120417
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56