Porcupines and china dolls: A novel by Robert Arthur Alexie ISBN 13: 9780773733053

Toronto: Stoddart, 2002 First Printing, Full Number Line, First Canadian Edition. Fine In Near Fine Unclipped Dust Jacket. A Fictionalised Account Of Two Men In Northern Canada Coming To Grips With The Abuse They Endured In Residential School. All Reviews Describe The Wry Humor Ad Accomplished Writing Used To Accomplish This. ' . . . Early On We Are Taken On A Day Long Tour Of A Native Saloon While James Drinks To Obliterate The Memories Of His Horrible Childhood. With Its Caustic And Sometimes Hilarious Asides, It Is Probably The Best Description Of The Native Bar Scene Ever Written.' W.P Kinsella

A lovely copy signed and dated by the author on the title page and protected in an archival cover.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, 2002. First Canadian Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author's first book relates the return home of several residential school children to the realization that they are in ' limbo ', neither Indian nor white. 286 pp. Black cloth covered boards have as-new gilt text on spine. Head of spine is very slightly rubbed, ow book is as new. Unclipped DJ has light top edge wear. A tragic story of hope. Bookseller's Inventory # 160955.