A Short History of Indians in Canada, Thomas King
A Short History of Indians in Canada, Thomas King
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A Short History of Indians in Canada
Stories

Author: Thomas King

Narrator: Curtis Michael Holland

Unabridged: 5 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/16/2024


Synopsis

Winner of the McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year and the Aboriginal Fiction Book of the Year—a collection of twenty short stories told in Thomas King's classic, wry, irreverent, and allegorical voice.

About Thomas King

Thomas King is one of Canada's premier Native public intellectuals. He was the first Aboriginal person to deliver the prestigious Massey Lectures, and he is the bestselling, award-winning author of six novels, two collections of short stories, and two nonfiction books. His work The Inconvenient Indian won the BC National Award for Canadian Nonfiction and the RBC Taylor Prize. He is a recipient of the Order of Canada and lives in Guelph, Ontario.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lotuslulu on May 12, 2021

Thomas King's collection of tongue-in-cheek short stories inspired by the lives of Indigenous peoples of Canada and the US are satirical, political, uncomfortable, and hard-to-ignore. King takes on the societal whitewashing of the world in unexpected ways. From stories of white men collecting "india......more

Goodreads review by zippy on April 21, 2018

I think it was a good book and I loved most of the stories in it. It was dark and humorous. I would've given it a 5 star rating but I genuinely didn't get some of the stories. Thomas King has a really great style of story telling that I truly enjoy. My fav stories from the book: The Baby in the Airm......more

Goodreads review by Evonne on November 24, 2018

This was an incredibly difficult read. Mr. King's angry tone did nothing to make me want to listen to his arguments. I'm not suggesting his arguments or his anger are wrong, or unfounded. The book was informative and instructional but it left me feeling like I am personally responsible for wrongs do......more

Goodreads review by Priyam on December 20, 2020

I loved this book a lot! Thomas King's exceptionally well-written book tells the story of the strifes faced by Indigenous people in North America in a superbly creative manner. It manages to cover a broad range of topics, and I especially enjoyed how the various literary devices King used to educate......more

Goodreads review by Carlie on November 30, 2014

If you've read Thomas King's novels, you have to read his stories. His particular style lends itself so well to short fiction, and his stories cover a broad range of characters and settings from the magical to the strange to the poignant. This is an anthology I'll return to again and again. My favour......more