Short stories. Originally published in French as: Chroniques de Kitchike : la grande débarque : nouvelles. Wendake, Québec : Éditions Hannenorak, [2017].
Contents:
Prologue -- Jean-Paul Paul Jean-Pierre -- Omens -- Pow-wow -- Meanwhile, in the neighbouring town -- Chez Alphonse -- The cage -- Zombie -- The man who makes the stars dance -- The hard fall -- Epilogue(s).
Summary:
"In his first collection of stories, The Chronicles of Kitchike: Taking a Hard Fall, Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui takes us on a journey into the heart of a very colourful Indigenous community where traditions, dreams, deprivation and, yes, corruption exist side by side.With image-laden language, he plunges us into the daily life of ordinary men and women facing political, economic, and mythical forces beyond their control. With wry humour and a touch of the fantastic, the author depicts the sometimes tense relationships in Southern Quebec's communities, allowing a snapshot of our multicultural society to be seen between the lines The Chronicles of Kitchike transports us to a unique universe, to a world that is not only comical but also gentle and replete with legend, home to a panoply of characters we're not likely to soon forget!"-- Provided by publisher.
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