David Alexander Robertson
Autor de When We Were Alone
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: David Robertson photographed in Montréal , Québec, Canada at the Jewish Public Library (thru a projection screen showing a live Skype webcast because he wasn't able to show up there) as part of the 2019 Ya Fest. By Bull-Doser - Own work., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79266265
Obras de David Alexander Robertson
Eloise {short story} 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1977-01-12
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Obras
- 28
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- 10
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- 1,388
- Popularidad
- #18,519
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 105
- ISBNs
- 100
- Idiomas
- 4
But.
As I've said in other reviews, I am not interested in books that are introspective. This book primarily lives in the author's head. He spends many chapters describing his anxiety, his sense of loss. He spends so much time repeating his memories and lamenting how few he has. I lament it also, as he repeats the same meager scenes more than once. He talks about how his "recontextualization of my childhood has altered how I view myself as a Cree person." (p.173) and the importance of knowing your traditional language as a direct connection with your heritage.
OK, I get it.
Finally, chapter 13 had them arrive at the family trapline, just barely in time for the end of the book.
I guess I was misled by the jacket blurb which called this 'a father-son journey to the northern trapline where Robertson and his father will reclaim their connection to the land". No, they didn't move up there and start trapping.
Misled by the reviewer who stated "rich in lore and insight and compassion". Well, there was plenty of insight, and he did describe his compassion for what his mother went thru, and respected family member's privacy by not sharing everything. But the only lore shared was the same snippet.
Misled by "mesmerizing...and tremendously gorgeous" said by Cherie Dimaline, the author of 'The Marrow Thieves' (which I was mesmerized by).
Another person might connect with this book, but not me.… (más)