Robert Bringhurst
The Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. For more than a thousand years before the Europeans came, a great culture flourished on these islands. In 1900 and 1901 the linguist and ethnographer John Swanton took dictation from the last traditional Haida-speaking storytellers,Â poets, and historians. Robert Bringhurst worked for many years with these manuscripts, and here he brings them to life in the English language. ,A Story as Sharp as a Knife, brings a lifetime of passion and a broad array of skillsâ€”humanistic, scientific, and poeticâ€”to focus on a rich and powerful tradition that the world has long ignored.
Nonfiction,Poetry,History,Fantasy,Mythology,Anthropology,Cultural,Canada,Folklore,Religion,Literature,Anthropology,Ethnography
A Story as Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World