Moon of the Crusted Snow

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With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community loses communication Days later, it goes dark Cut off from the urban realm of the south, many of its people become passive and confused They eventually descend into panic as the food supply dwindles, with few hunters left in the First Nation While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives from a city in the south to escape a crumbling society Soon after, others follow The community leadership is faced with the dilemma of allowing the urban refugees to live with them on their territory Tensions rise, and as the months pass, so does the death toll due to sickness and despair Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again, while they grapple with a grave decision. Download Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice – kino-fada.fr Once in a while I read a post apocalyptic novel, as a change from my usual fare of contemporary fiction and historical fictional and the occasional memoir They are almost always thought provoking and this one was as well This is not a complicated book to read It s short and the writing is sparse, but it is complex and haunting On the Rez in this community of Anishinaabe in northern Canada, away from the cities, the people seem to mana...Evan grabbed his sunglasses that lay beside his useless cellphone on the table and perched them on top of his mesh fishing hat He caught a glimpse of his reflection in the television on the wall across the room It had been off for almost two days now He thought of how much he had paid for both the phone and the TV on a trip to the city back in the spring, and he was annoyed that he currently could use neither Think it s the weather Evan had asked Isaiah while they worked on the moose DoEvan grabbed his sunglasses that lay beside his useless cellphone on the table and perched them on top of his mesh fishing hat He caught a glimpse of his reflection in the television on the wall across the room It had been off for almost two days now He thought of how much he had paid for both the phone and the TV on a trip to the city back in the spring, and he was annoyed that he currently could use neither Think it s the weather Evan had ...Books about a present day apocalypse are usually about the crumbling of societal structures and social orders, read a few and the beats start to feel familiar But Rice approaches the apocalypse with a different kind of view, a stellar example of how a non white point of view can expand and add to a genre In Moon of the Crusted Snow the apocalypse come... He kicked up frozen shrapnel each time he raised a foot A fine powder lay underneath The conditions made him think of the specific time of year There s a word for this , he thought, trying to remember with each high step across the hard snow His knees raised as if to rev his mind into higher gear He looked up to the lumpy clouds in the hope that the word would emerge like a ray of sunlight through overcast sky Onaabenii Giizis, he proudly proclaimed out loud The moon of the crusted snow He kicked up frozen shrapnel each time he raised a foot A fine powder lay underneath The conditions made him think of the specific time of year There s a word for this , he thought, trying to remember with each high step across the hard snow His knees raised as if to rev his mind into higher gear He looked up to the lumpy clouds in the hope that the word would emerge like a ray of sunlight through overcast sky Onaabenii Giizis, he proudly proclaimed out loud The moon of the crusted snow His words fell flat on the white ground in front of him and he wondered which month that actually was.Moon of the Crusted Snow is the third book I ve read in the past year that looks at the collapse of Western society from a First Nations perspective along with Future Home of the Living God and The Marrow Thieves , wit...In a small northern First Nations community, all lines of communication, as well as the power, have been disconnected without explanation Winter has arrived and panic has set in Has something happened down south Is help on the way And who is this mysterious survivalist, Jason Scott, who has arrived in town I thought Waubgeshig Rice did a great job showing how panic slowly made its way into the heads of the community leaders as well as townsfolk Not allowing the reader to be aware of what ca In a small northern First Nations community, all lines of communication, as well as the power, have been disconnected without explanation Winter has arrived and panic has set in Has something happened down south Is help on the way And who is this mysterious survivalist, Jason Scott, who has arrived in town I thought Waubgeshig Rice did a great job showing how panic slowly made its way into the heads of the community leaders as well as townsfolk Not allowing the reader to be aware of what caused the communication and utility disruption down South helped put the audience in the same mindset as the characters, so you re less likely to trust anyone who would arrive looking for food and shelter.As the novel progresses, it comes off as an allegory for colonialism, which I would be shocked if that wasn t the author s intention I felt this was extremely...This short novel packed quite a punch It was incredibly suspenseful and kept me up late last night because I had to finish The mood was ominous as I knew something very bad was coming for these nice people but I didn t know exactly what or how bad it would get I can t imagine any group isequipped to deal with an end of modern conveniences than the First Nations but how would they deal with refugees from outside the reservation It was a real nail biter The ending was satisfying and not This short novel packed quite a punch It was incredibly suspenseful and kept me up late last night because I had to finish The mood was ominous as I knew something very bad was coming for these nice people but I didn t know exactly what or how bad it would get I can t imagine any group isequipped to deal with an end of modern conveniences than the First Nations but how would they deal with refugees from outside the reservation It was a real nail biter The ending was satisfying and not witho...i read this book in two sittings, which is not what i do, like, ever it s a compelling post possible end of the world we never learn what happens, which reminded me a little of Station Eleven story set in an indigenous community in northern canada, i.e freezing coldland it s paced well and suspenseful and always a bit ominous the most powerful theme, treaded on intelligently and delicately, is that indigenous folks are not new to apocalypse so, as the younger people go into understandab i read this book in two sittings, which is not what i do, like, ever it s a compelling post possible end of the world we never learn what happens, which reminded me a little of Station Eleven story set in an indigenous community in northern canada, i.e freezing coldland it s paced well and suspenseful and always a bit ominous...4.5 stars As someone who has read many dystopian post apocalyptic novels, I enjoyed the change in pace with this one Rather than taking place after society has crumbled, this one takes place as it is just beginning and focuses on an Anishinaabe community It is a slow burn, but from the very first page I could tell that there was something sinister lurking I love that the author included snippets of the Ojibwe language and culture, and that he subtly included First Nations history and current 4.5 stars As someone who has read many dystopian post apocalyptic novels, I enjoyed the change in pace with this one Rather than taking place after society has crumbled, this one takes place as it is just beginning and focuses on an Anishinaabe community It is a slow bur...3.5 StarsMoon of the Crusted Snow is an interesting take on the apocalypse A remote Anishinaabe reservation in Northern Canada tries to survive its first winter of an apocalypse The book is a slow burn but it kind of works with the bleak winter landscape that the story takes place I like that the story takes place in a remote area and communication to the southern cities is difficult even when there is electricity Although the reader is given enough information to understand the community dy 3.5 StarsMoon of the Crusted Snow is an interesting t...Moon Of The Crusted Snow is a very different sort of apocalyptic novel, with the characters being First Nations, and the setting being a Northern Ontario reserve Because of this, it kind of flips the genre if you want to call it that on its head It s less outrageous and aggressive in the usual sense, and stripped of the usual cliches, the token characters, and the action packed scenes that often come with these stories and, to me,often than not feel empty Without these things fillin Moon Of The Crusted Snow is a very different sort of apocalyptic novel, with the characters being First Nations, and the setting being a Northern Ontario reserve Because of this, it kind of flips the genre if you want to call it that on its head It s less outrageous and aggressive in the usual sense, and stripped of the usual cliches, the token characters, and the action packed scenes that often come with these stories and, to me,often than not feel empty Without these things filling up the book, there sroom for what I personally find interesting the practical day to day realities of a community who are now faced with what comes next in an apocalyptic existence.The writing is incredibly evocative and it comes so naturally Every time I picked the book up to read, it was so easy for me to fall into the story and feel like I was right there with the characters, especially the main character Evan who reminded me so much of my father as a young ma...

Moon of the Crusted Snow
  • 24 December 2018
  • Waubgeshig Rice
  • Moon of the Crusted Snow