The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy) Hardcover | Pages: 490 pages

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Original Title:	The Orenda
ISBN:	0670064181 (ISBN13: 9780670064182)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.penguin.ca/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670064182,00.html
Series:	Bird Family Trilogy
Literary Awards:	Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2013), Governor General's
Literary Awards:	/ Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général Nominee for Fiction (2013), Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction (2014), CBC Canada Reads (2014), Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction (2014)

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In the remote winter landscape a brutal massacre and the kidnapping of a young Iroquois girl violently re-ignites a deep rift between two tribes. The girl’s captor, Bird, is one of the Huron Nation’s great warriors and statesmen. Years have passed since the murder of his family, and yet they are never far from his mind. In the girl, Snow Falls, he recognizes the ghost of his lost daughter, but as he fights for her heart and allegiance, small battles erupt into bigger wars as both tribes face a new, more dangerous threat from afar. Traveling with the Huron is Christophe, a charismatic missionary who has found his calling among the tribe and devotes himself to learning and understanding their customs and language. An emissary from distant lands, he brings much more than his faith to this new world, with its natural beauty and riches. As these three souls dance with each other through intricately woven acts of duplicity, their social, political and spiritual worlds collide - and a new nation rises from a world in flux.

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Title	:	The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy)
Author	:	Joseph Boyden
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 490 pages
Published	:	September 10th 2013 by Hamish Hamilton
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Canada

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Ratings: 4.22 From 15502 Users | 2013 Reviews

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For me, this went from a possible 4 star book to a 3 and finally to a 2, and if it hadnt had so much that was good, it could have ended with only 1 star.I have to say as the account went on, I got very weary of humans, not for the first time. I do love the 3 narrative voices. For the most part I could tell who was narrating by what they said, but they didnt have voices significantly distinctive from each other. That was okay though.I was shocked but satisfied with the violence/talk of the

4.5/5 starsThe whole time I was reading this book, and as I talked to people about my experience while reading it, I tried to figure out why I liked this book so much. Plot-wise the story is quite slow, and while the writing is nice, it's nothing extremely special. But the characters, I think, are what really make this story stand out.The Orenda follows three narrators: Bird, a Huron tribesman; his captive daughter, Snow Falls; and a French missionary, Christophe. We get alternating chapters

3.5 stars. The Orenda is a book that I didn't enjoy as much as I thought I would, but that I'm glad I stuck with. Around 20% of the way through I was tempted to DNF this, but I stuck with it and actually found myself becoming more in tune with the characters - if you find it a little slow at first, keep going because the action definitely heats up!The novel is told from three perspectives: Bird, a Huron warrior; Snow Falls, a young Iroquois girl who Bird takes as a daughter to replace his

I had such a hard time picking a rating for this book. On the one hand, there are passages of prose that are mind-blowingly beautiful and heartbreaking. And the world Boyden has recreated in his pages is so real you can almost touch it. And I am in awe of his ability to tell such a complicated history without the obvious assigning of blame. That is, indeed, one of his themes.However. In cleaving so closely to history, he has forsaken story. In telling us that history through the eyes of 3

This is, quite simply, an extraordinary achievement. I'm not sure whether to classify this story as a triumphant tragedy or a tragic triumph...but it certainly stands as a work of historical/anthropological genius. The ultimate clash of cultures, searing emotions, and beautifully drawn characters -- it is a book you will be unable to put down. Exhilarating, terrifying, and touching, it is the summation of all that is civilized & barbaric in mankind, from three points of view. It is a story

Its hard to even begin writing about The Orenda, which is a powerful history of the Canadian nation. We Caucasian Canadians often forget that our history didnt begin with the fur traders, the explorers, and the missionaries, that there were long established civilizations in the New World which had their own languages, values, and inter-group relations. Joseph Boyden reminds us of our Eurocentric bias and he is very much the man for the job. He is of Scots, Irish, and Anishinaabe (which you may

A powerful and poignant story in which the old world meets the new world. The three narrators are wonderful but flawed characters in a harsh world. It was a fascinating and original novel. I intend to find out more this period in history but also about the author, Joseph Boyden, who wrote this great epic.