The Break by Katherena Vermette
An international bestseller, lauded by Margaret Atwood, this powerful, urgent tale reveals the love, loss, violence and power struggles amongst the women of one extended Metis family in Canada.
A tough, close-up look at a side of female life that's often hard to acknowledge: the violence girls and women sometimes display towards other girls and women.. An accomplished writer who will go far. * Margaret Atwood *
Katherena Vermette is a tremendously gifted writer, a dazzling talent... The lives of the girls and women in The Break are not easy, but their voices are complex, urgent, and unsparing. Vermette lays bare what it means to survive, not only once, but multiple times, against the forces of private and national histories. -- Madeleine Thien * Author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing *
A dazzling debut... Vermette doesn't shy away from the harsh realities of Metis women's lives. The Break is a terrific achievement, combining passages of lyrical prose with a compelling account of the way violent crime warps the lives of several generations. * Sunday Times *
Vermette is a staggering talent. Reading The Break is like a revelation; stunning, heartbreaking and glorious. From her exquisitely rendered characters to her fully realized world and the ratcheting tension, I couldn't put it down. Absolutely riveting. -- Eden Robinson * Author of Monkey Beach *
The Break is... a beautiful love song of desire to live a full and rich life as cherished women ? even when we cannot have that... Vermette captures the reader from beginning to end. The Break is unforgettable. -- Lee Maracle * Author of Celia’s Song *
The Break is a powerful, persuasive novel about the strength and love that bind these women to each other and to the men in their lives... Although this is a novel of social importance, it transcends politics, taking the reader on a journey to the heart of what it means for one person to care about another, survive trauma, and endure. * 2016 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Jury *
I love a book that takes me to a new place, a world I know nothing about - and so it is with The Break by the Canadian writer Katherena Vermette. * RTE Ireland *
Katherena Vermette is a tremendously gifted writer, a dazzling talent... The lives of the girls and women in The Break are not easy, but their voices are complex, urgent, and unsparing. Vermette lays bare what it means to survive, not only once, but multiple times, against the forces of private and national histories. -- Madeleine Thien * Author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing *
A dazzling debut... Vermette doesn't shy away from the harsh realities of Metis women's lives. The Break is a terrific achievement, combining passages of lyrical prose with a compelling account of the way violent crime warps the lives of several generations. * Sunday Times *
Vermette is a staggering talent. Reading The Break is like a revelation; stunning, heartbreaking and glorious. From her exquisitely rendered characters to her fully realized world and the ratcheting tension, I couldn't put it down. Absolutely riveting. -- Eden Robinson * Author of Monkey Beach *
The Break is... a beautiful love song of desire to live a full and rich life as cherished women ? even when we cannot have that... Vermette captures the reader from beginning to end. The Break is unforgettable. -- Lee Maracle * Author of Celia’s Song *
The Break is a powerful, persuasive novel about the strength and love that bind these women to each other and to the men in their lives... Although this is a novel of social importance, it transcends politics, taking the reader on a journey to the heart of what it means for one person to care about another, survive trauma, and endure. * 2016 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Jury *
I love a book that takes me to a new place, a world I know nothing about - and so it is with The Break by the Canadian writer Katherena Vermette. * RTE Ireland *
Katherena Vermette is a Métis writer from Treaty One territory, the heart of the Métis nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her first book, North End Love Songs, won the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry in 2013. Her novel, The Break was bestseller in Canada and won multiple awards, including the 2017 Amazon.ca First Novel Award. Ms Vermette is also the author of the children's picture book series, The Seven Teachings Stories, and recently published the first book, Pemmican Wars, in the young adult book series, A Girl Called Echo. Ms Vermette's second book of poetry, river woman, will be published in the fall of 2018. In film, her documentary, this river, won the 2017 Canadian Screen Award for Best Short.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786493880 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786493888 |
| Title | The Break |
| Author | Katherena Vermette |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2018-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Dublin Literary Award 2018 (UK) |
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