Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden

Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden

Set in Canada and the battlefields of France and Belgium, Three-Day Road is a mesmerizing novel told through the eyes of Niska--a Canadian Oji-Cree woman living off the land who is the last of a line of healers and diviners--and her nephew Xavier.

At the urging of his friend Elijah, a Cree boy raised in reserve schools, Xavier joins the war effort. Shipped off to Europe when they are nineteen, the boys are marginalized from the Canadian soldiers not only by their native appearance but also by the fine marksmanship that years of hunting in the bush has taught them. Both become snipers renowned for their uncanny accuracy. But while Xavier struggles to understand the purpose of the war and to come to terms with his conscience for the many lives he has ended, Elijah becomes obsessed with killing, taking great risks to become the most accomplished sniper in the army. Eventually the harrowing and bloody truth of war takes its toll on the two friends in different, profound ways. Intertwined with this account is the story of Niska, who herself has borne witness to a lifetime of death--the death of her people.

In part inspired by the legend of Francis Pegahmagabow, the great Indian sniper of World War I, Three-Day Road is an impeccably researched and beautifully written story that offers a searing reminder about the cost of war.

Joseph Boyden's first two novels were nominated for nearly every literary award in Canada. The Rogers Writers Trust Prize, the McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year, the Canadian Authors Association Book of the Year, the Libris Book of the Year, and the Amazon/Canada First Novel Award were all given to Three Day Road in 2005. The Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Libris Novel of the Year, and the Libris Author of the Year were all awarded to Through Black Spruce (2008). Boyden received the Diamond Jubilee Medal from Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 for his services to Canadian art and culture. The Orenda was the best-selling book in the country the following year. He splits his time between Northern Ontario and New Orleans, Louisiana, as a professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and the Institute of American Indigenous Arts in Sante Fe, New Mexico.

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ISBN 13	9780143037071
ISBN 10	0143037072
Title	Three Day Road
Author	Joseph Boyden
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2006-04-25
Number of pages	368
Prizes	Commended for Governor General's Literary Awards (Fiction) 2005
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