Split tooth tanya tagaq5/24/2023 The connection that particular population has with their land is incredible. Poetry is interspersed throughout the narrative along with line drawings by Jaime Hernandez the mix of media is one of the strongest aspects to this book because it completely immerses the reader, keeping our attention tied tightly to what’s in our hands only.Īs a Canadian who tries to read a wide range of indigenous literature, I found the descriptions of life in the far north fascinating. We dip in and out of varied experiences with her going to school, being sexually assaulted, getting high with her friends, talking to the elders in her community. She grows up in a small northern community that struggles with addiction of all kinds so she finds solace in the barren, harsh, but beautiful landscape of the Arctic tundra. Our female protagonist remains unnamed, as does the majority of the characters. At some points the book veers into fantasy or magical realism, for instance there’s one point in which the northern lights impregnate the protagonist-this can be taken in many different ways: allegory, myth, a re-telling of a traumatic experience- Tagaq leaves it up to the reader to decide. Having heard her speak about it, I knew that it mirrored parts of her youth growing up in Nunavut Canada, but it should not be considered a straightforward memoir, which will be obvious when one reads it. The book is a mash-up of genres memoir, poetry, fiction and myth.
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