Sanaaq

An atypical novel. About life. Day by day. The joys and sorrows of a small community in the Canadian Arctic. We learn to hastily build an igloo, to spot treacherous ice, to hunt bears with sled dogs, to prepare dried seal meat, to interpret the signs of the presence of Tuurngaq, a shaman's helper spirit that the first Christian missionaries dislike. Above all, a rare experience is offered here: that of seeing the unique world of the Inuit through the eyes of the heroine, Sanaaq. A woman who, like the author of the novel, an illiterate writer and doctor with no formal education, never takes no for an answer...