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A young First Nations man sets out from his Muskoka home in a quest for redemption after a terrible fire. In the early 1930s, Oscar Wolf, a 13-year-old Native from the Chippewas of Rama Indian Reserve, sets fire to the business section of his village north of Toronto in a fit of misguided rage against white society, inadvertently killing his grandfather and a young maid. Tortured by guilt and fearful of divine retribution, Oscar sets out on a lifetime quest for redemption. His journey takes him to California where he works as a fruit picker and prizefighter during the Great Depression, to the Second World War where he becomes a decorated soldier, to university where he excels as a student and athlete, and to the diplomatic service in the postwar era where he causes a stir at the United Nations in New York and in Colombia and Australia. Beset by an all-too-human knack for making doubtful choices, Oscar discovers that peace of mind is indeed hard to find in this saga of mid-20th-century aboriginal life in Canada and abroad that will appeal to readers of all backgrounds and ages.… (meer)
This is the story of Oscar Wolf, a young Aboriginal Canadian, from the time he is 13 until he is middle-aged. In this novel, Mr. Bartleman draws on his own experience as a Aboriginal person and a member of Canada's foreign service...but this is a work of fiction, not a memoir.
Oscar's mother and grandmother attended residential schools, where they were abused and damaged for life. We see the effects of this on Stella, who is rejected by her own damaged mother. She, in turn, rejects young Oscar. Luckily, Oscar has his maternal grandfather, Jacob, who loves and cares for him. Jacob's death, which Oscar is responsible for, coupled with his mother's abandonment of him, leaves Oscar in the care of the local Presbyterian minister and his wife, who ensure he finishes high school, then arrange for payment of his university tuition.
This is a story about the struggles of a young Aboriginal man to make his way in the world. He has terrible disadvantages, as well as good opportunities. He searches for the best path: should he try to assimilate in the white world? What does he owe to his people? How can he atone for the crime he committed as a teenager? Oscar struggles with these issues, sometimes consciously; sometimes he appears to be avoiding them, but they affect his behaviour nonetheless.
This is a good story, with Oscar being a well developed character that I could identify with. ( )
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The Creator, the old people used to say, put tricksters like you on Mother Earth so he could have a good laugh at your expense from time to time -- Betsy Loon to Oscar Wolf, September, 1935
Opdracht
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For my mother, Maureen Benson Simcoe Bartleman, a member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation who was born in Muskoka in 1922 and spent her summers at the Indian Camp in Port Carling as a child.
Eerste woorden
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The afternoon newspapers had reported that thousands of Canadians had been killed and wounded at the Battle of the Some, and the mood of the people of Toronto was grim on that hot and humid September evening of 1916.
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Laatste woorden
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But when he sat up and looked outside, he saw, to his horror, the Manido of the Lake shimmering like a mirage in the light, laughing at him.
A young First Nations man sets out from his Muskoka home in a quest for redemption after a terrible fire. In the early 1930s, Oscar Wolf, a 13-year-old Native from the Chippewas of Rama Indian Reserve, sets fire to the business section of his village north of Toronto in a fit of misguided rage against white society, inadvertently killing his grandfather and a young maid. Tortured by guilt and fearful of divine retribution, Oscar sets out on a lifetime quest for redemption. His journey takes him to California where he works as a fruit picker and prizefighter during the Great Depression, to the Second World War where he becomes a decorated soldier, to university where he excels as a student and athlete, and to the diplomatic service in the postwar era where he causes a stir at the United Nations in New York and in Colombia and Australia. Beset by an all-too-human knack for making doubtful choices, Oscar discovers that peace of mind is indeed hard to find in this saga of mid-20th-century aboriginal life in Canada and abroad that will appeal to readers of all backgrounds and ages.
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Oscar's mother and grandmother attended residential schools, where they were abused and damaged for life. We see the effects of this on Stella, who is rejected by her own damaged mother. She, in turn, rejects young Oscar. Luckily, Oscar has his maternal grandfather, Jacob, who loves and cares for him. Jacob's death, which Oscar is responsible for, coupled with his mother's abandonment of him, leaves Oscar in the care of the local Presbyterian minister and his wife, who ensure he finishes high school, then arrange for payment of his university tuition.
This is a story about the struggles of a young Aboriginal man to make his way in the world. He has terrible disadvantages, as well as good opportunities. He searches for the best path: should he try to assimilate in the white world? What does he owe to his people? How can he atone for the crime he committed as a teenager? Oscar struggles with these issues, sometimes consciously; sometimes he appears to be avoiding them, but they affect his behaviour nonetheless.
This is a good story, with Oscar being a well developed character that I could identify with. (