5/21/2023 0 Comments Monkey Beach by Eden RobinsonBy recalling the dream, Lisa recaptures the memory of the day she caught a glimpse of one of these legendary beings, an enigmatic incident connected to the "gift" that enables her to understand the talking crows. Lisa's portal to memory is a dream about Monkey Beach, one of her family's favorite places not only because of its pristine beauty but because it is believed to be the home of the b'gwus - the sasquatch or wild men of the woods. Another distinctive feature is the way Robinson purposefully interweaves the past and the present as she glides gracefully between Lisa's perspective on the drama surrounding Jimmy's disappearance and the vivid memories of her childhood and tumultuous and tragic adolescence that claim her consciousness as surely as water claims a body. The Canadian Indian author of an accomplished short-story collection, "Traplines" (1996), Robinson grew up on the Haisla Nation Kitamaat reserve in northern British Columbia, and the history and culture of the Haisla, which are tightly bound to the forested coastal mountains and fecund sea, permeate this supple and often mysterious variation on the classic coming-of-age motif.
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