TY - BOOK AU - Harton,Catherine AU - Masson,Renée TI - A Blanket Against Darkness: a Collection of Stories SN - 9780776627472 (pbk) U1 - C843/.6 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Ottawa, Ontario PB - University of Ottawa Press N1 - Published by Marchand de feuilles in 2015, Traité des peaux was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Awards and for the Prix des Cinq continents de la Francophonie; This book is published in English, translated from the original "Traité des peaux"; "In these Nordic woods where the ancestors called blowing snow the sweet breath of death, an artist fashions bewitching jewels out of feathers, a man of fifty-four corresponds with the author of a bottled message thrown out to sea, another awaits the onslaught of the storm to open wide his mouth and drink it whole; Nature flares its gills, in this book, where forgiveness is both sought after and offered. A Blanket Against Darkness bursts with stories that spring from the earth. Its relic-filled landscapes, where one single movement can set off the migration of an entire colony, are constant reminders that one is never completely alone." (Book Cover); TABLE OF CONTENTS; Greenland ; Memory in the Snow ; Winning the Bird’s Heart ; Ulu, the Woman’s Knife ; A Blanket against Darkness; Nunavik ; Uri, the Dog, and the Guns ; Whales Are the Fingers of the Sea; Quebec ; Gulping Down the Storm ; The Great Forest ; A Chapel of Sorrow ; With Folded Hands UR - https://press.uottawa.ca/en/9780776627472/a-blanket-against-darkness/ UR - https://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/1qgui7k/alma991021303889705161 ER -