A Minor Chorus: A Novel by Billy-Ray Belcourt, Billy-Ray Belcourt

A Minor Chorus: A Novel
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Billy-Ray Belcourt
Page: 176
Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
ISBN: 9781324021421
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
A Minor Chorus: A Novel

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Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize

A debut novel from a rising literary star that brings the modern queer and Indigenous experience into sharp relief. In the stark expanse of Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation to write a novel, informed by a series of poignant encounters: a heart-to-heart with fellow doctoral student River over the mounting pressure placed on marginalized scholars; a meeting with Michael, a closeted man from his hometown whose vulnerability and loneliness punctuate the realities of queer life on the fringe. Woven throughout these conversations are memories of Jack, a cousin caught in the cycle of police violence, drugs, and survival. Jack’s life parallels the narrator’s own; the possibilities of escape and imprisonment are left to chance with colonialism stacking the odds. A Minor Chorus introduces a dazzling new literary voice whose vision and fearlessness shine much-needed light on the realities of Indigenous survival.

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