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ISBN-10: 132402142X
ISBN-13: 9781324021421
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 10/04/2022
Dimensions: 8.28" L, 5.47" W, 0.43" H

A Minor Chorus

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Overview

In the stark expanse of Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation to write a novel, informed by a series of poignant encounters: a heart-to-heart with fellow doctoral student River over the mounting pressure placed on marginalized scholars; a meeting with Michael, a closeted man from his hometown whose vulnerability and loneliness punctuate the realities of queer life on the fringe. Woven throughout these conversations are memories of Jack, a cousin caught in the cycle of police violence, drugs, and survival. Jack’s life parallels the narrator’s own; the possibilities of escape and imprisonment are left to chance with colonialism stacking the odds. A Minor Chorus introduces a dazzling new literary voice whose vision and fearlessness shine much-needed light on the realities of Indigenous survival.

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An absolutely dazzling confluence of big ideas and raw emotions, told in Billy-Ray Belcourt's singular poetic voice. A Minor Chorus is about loving, questioning, and fighting for your life, and it's as compelling a debut novel as I've read in years.–Jami Attenberg, author of I Came All This Way to Meet You
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Details

ISBN-10: 132402142X
ISBN-13: 9781324021421
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 10/04/2022
Dimensions: 8.28" L, 5.47" W, 0.43" H
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