The book indian horse5/8/2023 ![]() “Shocking and alien, valuable and true… A master of empathy.”-Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Golden Age Spare and compact yet undeniably rich, Indian Horse is at once a heartbreaking account of a dark chapter in our history and a moving coming-of-age story. Yet as Saul’s victories mount, so do the indignities and the taunts, the racism and the hatred-the harshness of a world that will never welcome him, tied inexorably to the sport he loves. Together they open doors for him: away from the school, into an all-Ojibway amateur circuit, and finally within grasp of a professional career. Rising at dawn to practice alone, Saul proves determined and undeniably gifted. At the urging of a priest, he finds a tentative salvation in hockey. ![]() But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmother-and then his home itself.Īlone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and cruelty. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. ![]() ![]() A First Nations former hockey star looks back on his life as he undergoes treatment for alcoholism in this novel from the author of Dream Wheels. ![]()
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