Sanaaq
An Inuit Novel

This was fascinating, especially with the narrator being Inuit herself, I loved her pronunciation. I only wish I had a physical copy with me so I'd know how to spell the names and things mentioned in this book. Someday though.......more

Fascinating!!......more

Wow, I really enjoyed this book! Sanaaq is a fascinating glimpse into the culture and traditional way of life of the Inuit. Written in Inuktitut by a woman who had never read a novel before, Sanaaq is in turns surprising and refreshing in its structure and tone. I found its construction to really ai......more

A really remarkable novel that was both beautiful and terrifying, intimate in its tenderness and at times heartbreakingly violent, all in prose elegant in its simplicity but layered in such rich emotional complexity. I think this is some of the most beautiful environmental writing I’ve ever encounte......more

Both the novel itself and the background of its creation are pretty interesting from an ethnographic and linguistic perspective, but Sanaaq is not exactly a barnburner for readers who AREN'T into that kind of thing...if you don't enjoy the repetition of stories about fishing and hunting kills, eatin......more