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- Reviewed in Canada on November 10, 2016When sixteen-year-old Franklin Starlight receives a summons from his birth father, he saddles up his horse and goes. His father, Eldon, is living in a flophouse, days away from death from a lifetime of drinking. His one request of Franklin is that he take him up into the mountains to bury him in the traditional Ojibway manner. Despite years of neglect, Franklin agrees and the two men undertake a journey into the mountains and into their pasts.
The journey in "Medicine Walk" is both physical and metaphorical. This isn't a new concept in literature, but Wagamese does it with real skill.
There is nothing about this book I don't like, but what really stood out for me was the characters and the dialogue, and how the dialogue reveals character. The characters are poorly educated (in the sense of formal schooling) and use words only as necessary. Yet Wagamese manages to convey their intelligence, their wisdom and their complicated relationships to each other through the few words they do use.
A beautiful story by a master storyteller.6 people found this helpfulReport PermalinkHelpful
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