Tatsea

by Armin Wiebe

Winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards).
Set in Canada's Subarctic in the late 1700s, a time when the Dogrib people were under constant threat of attack by raiders supplied with European weapons. After Ikotsali saves Tatsea and her father following a hunting
accident, Tatsea is obliged to marry their strange-looking rescuer. One day when Ikotsali is away from camp, raiders arrive and kill everyone. The only lives spared are those of Tatsea, who is captured, and their infant daughter, whom she has hidden. When Ikotsali returns to find the carnage, the story of their struggle to survive and be reunited begins.
"Tatsea brings back the years when our grandparents lived their lives."
-Mike Nitsiza, counsellor, Mezi Community School, Wha Ti, Northwets Territories

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888012810
• ISBN13: 9780888012814
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Turnstone Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

I loved this book!

My daughter lent me this book to read through an adult learning center so it is a very, easy to read book. I absolutely loved it! There is so much interesting history contained within the story and being able to read about how the aboriginals lived before the fur trade, as well as the impact the fur trade had upon their lives is very interesting. The story itself had me captivated from the beginning and I couldn't put it down. I loved it so much, I am buying myself a copy to lend to family and friends.