Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing

by Tomson Highway

Book Overview

Presented in the original Cree text First published in English, with several major awards and nominations: Nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama Dora Mavor Moore Award winner,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897252838
• ISBN13: 9781897252833
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Fifth House Publishers
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

I am Thompson Highway!

I wrote this book back in '86 to cover a debt incurred during a rousing game of Kaiser in the Oshawa Tim Horton's. I never thought it would become so popular and I thank everyone especially Dr. Emily Moore, Professor of Latino-Apache Sesqueology at McGill University, for her undying support. She's a real firecracker!

Good

This book has so many ideas and themes running through it, and they were portrayed wonderfully. Although a little confusing in the beginning (and almost through the first reading) the themes and images are sharp and poignant. I like the idea of the fluidity of identity, be it religious, gender, or racial. Tomson Highway explores these themes in a very creative and thought provoking manner.