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