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Tshinanu

Naomi Fontaine

Translated by David Homel

‘Language is a risk that a nation takes. If a language survives, its people do too.’ Translated from the French by David Homel.

Naomi Fontaine

Naomi Fontaine was born in Uashat, a native community on the St Lawrence River. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in literature at Université Laval and working on her second book.

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Translated by David Homel

David Homel is a literary translator and the author of eleven novels. His translations have won several prizes, including the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation in 1995 and 2001.

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