![]() ![]() ![]() But as the war continues, they react in very different ways to the never-ending carnage around them. ![]() Elijah and Xavier honed their hunting skills as snipers in the horrors of the trenches and the wastes of No-man's land. Three Day Road is an unforgettable and valuable depiction of the aboriginal Canadian experience in the First World War and at home. Xavier joined the war reluctantly at the urging of his only friend, Elijah - a Cree boy raised in the reservation schools. Author Joseph Boyden makes his literary debut with this profound and moving Todays Book Club pick that. The present narrative is of the characters travelling down the river to. She recalls her memories of growing up among her kinsfolk, of trying to remain true to her ancestors and traditions in a rapidly changing world. Book cover for Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden. In Three Day Road, Joseph Boyden gives two character narrators, Xavier and Niska. Niska is the last Cree Indian woman living off the land in Canada. As she slowly paddles her canoe on the 3-day journey to take him home, travelling through the stark but stunning landscape of Northern Canada, their respective stories emerge. The stories of an American Indian sniper caught up in the Great War and of his aunt, one of the last Cree Indians to live off the land, are intertwined in a mesmerising journey as they travel home over three days This beautiful, haunting novel begins as Niska is reunited with her nephew, Xavier, after he returns from the horrors of the First World War. Description: NOTE: PAGES ARE STAINED DUE TO AGE. ![]()
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