Got Any Grapes?: Reading Thomas King's The Back of The Turtle
Thomas King's "The Back of the Turtle" is about stories within stories. Some are of First Nations origin, some are from Christianity and others are from a shared history or popular culture. I look at King's juxtaposition of creative and destructive forces in the novel and his res...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The University of British Columbia
2016
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Online Access: | http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/186551 https://doi.org/10.14288/cl.v0i224.186551 |
Summary: | Thomas King's "The Back of the Turtle" is about stories within stories. Some are of First Nations origin, some are from Christianity and others are from a shared history or popular culture. I look at King's juxtaposition of creative and destructive forces in the novel and his resolution of these as a story of creation and recreation. |
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