![]() ![]() ![]() I listened to the book on Audible and the moment I finished it, I went searching to find and read the printed version for a new experience of the same story. This does not make the book daunting, but rather exciting. It’s something entirely different that can’t be approached, explained, or understood like traditional English forms of storytelling. The book is neither a memoir nor fiction, neither fantasy nor realism. ![]() To describe Split Tooth using the terminology of the Western literary canon is impossible, and wouldn’t really make sense. However, I would give a content warning for the story because this sensory writing can become quite graphic as the narrative describes abuse and trauma. ![]() The book is a complex and sensitive narrative that calls into question what love, pain, and purpose really mean. The prose beautifully weaves together the stories, imagery, and emotions of life as a young Inuk girl in the North. The story itself is an enthralling, though often difficult, narrative. The Inuk musician had already made a name for herself as an accomplished experimental vocalist and throat singer over the last two decades, and her first book was highly anticipated. Photo courtesy of Penguin Canada.īefore it was even officially released, Tanya Tagaq’s debut novel Split Tooth was already on the longlist for one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards, the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Tagaq poses with her acclaimed new novel. ![]()
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