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A minor chorus : a novel / Billy-Ray Belcourt.
An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him: the shape of the novel he yearns to write, an autobiography of his rural hometown, the answers to existential questions about family, love, and happiness. What ensues is a series of conversations, connections, and disconnections that reveals the texture of life in a town literature has left unexplored, where the friction between possibility and constraint provides an insistent background score. Whether he's meeting with an auntie distraught over the imprisonment of her grandson, engaging in rez gossip with his cousin at a pow wow, or lingering in bed with a married man after a hotel room hookup, the narrator makes space for those in his orbit to divulge their private joys and miseries, testing the theory that storytelling can make us feel less lonely.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735242005 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 182 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: [Toronto] : Hamish Hamilton, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Awards Note: | Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize winner, 2023. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Small cities > Alberta, Northern > Fiction. Authors > Fiction. Indigenous peoples > Fiction. Gay men > Fiction. Alberta, Northern > Fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | Scotiabank Giller Prize 2022 longlist LGBTQ Resource Indigenous collection Aboriginal. |
Available copies
- 23 of 26 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 26 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F BEL (Text) | DCL174466 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| 100 Mile House Branch | BEL (Text) | 33923006478295 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Beaver Valley Public Library | F BEL (Text) | 35144000247614 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF BEL (Text) | 35198000759689 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC BEL (Text) | 35146002300705 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Creston Public Library | FIC BEL (Text)
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35140100103046 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Elkford Public Library | FC BEL (Text) | 35170000463729 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC BEL (Text) | 35136000643552 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. James Public Library | BEL (Text) | 35196000316211 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-07-31 |
| Fort St. John Public Library | AF BEL (Text) | 35211000560278 | ADULT Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
