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Green Grass, Running Water

Green Grass, Running Water

byThomas King
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Ariane
4.0 out of 5 starsExcellent writing
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 12, 2022
Wanted to re-read my first Thomas King novel. A reminder of the beginnings in his inimitable satirical humour! Always a good read.
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Alan Rorke
2.0 out of 5 starsComments
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 17, 2013
This is a great novel for those who like mind games. I am a "nuts and bolts" facts orientated person who did not understand the many allegories and puns so did not get much enjoyment out of this book. Of our small 8 member book club, 1 person was really into this style and was able to provide insight into the meaning of the characters and their activities. A more detailed prologue may be helpful.
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Ariane
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent writing
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 12, 2022
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Wanted to re-read my first Thomas King novel. A reminder of the beginnings in his inimitable satirical humour! Always a good read.
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Robert Cox
4.0 out of 5 stars Thomas King - The educated, erudite "Indian"
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 31, 2013
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Green Grass Running water is Thomas King's best book. It might be a classic. It sheds light on Original Peoples in sometimes funny, sometimes sad vignettes. Indians in Hollywood Westerns. Sometimes a little pitiful, the book crawls around in a few dark places with a humorous take on the plight of North American Original Peoples. Using a quartet of American movie and TV characters, King has them appear in various stories, sort of like super-heroes. A happy, sad part is a character getting bit parts in Hollywood wearing a nose to suit his parts. Not to be missed. I waited a long time to read this book - originally published in 1993 and still pure and poignant. There is a burgeoning demand for stories and books about Original Peoples - Green Grass Running Water was a harbinger. Let us hope that interest in Original Peoples' literature will bring about positive change in a community that has struggled for many years. Support Original Peoples. Read the literature that explains the situation. RC
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful. Powerful. Educational.
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 15, 2017
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Green Grass Running Water is a beautiful, lyrical tale that incorporates Native Canadian mythology into a modern story. I read it in a Canadian literature class during my undergraduate degree and it was by far my favourite book. It is engaging, funny, and easy to read. It also, importantly, provides insight into the past and present culture of a marginalised people who have been systemically pushed out of society since Canada was first "discovered." We owe it to the First Peoples of Canada to learn some of their histories, and this is a fantastic way of doing so. Please, purchase; you won't be disappointed.
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Helga
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 26, 2021
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Wonderful and poetic book.
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Steven Boyle
5.0 out of 5 stars A1
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 25, 2021
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As described and on time. A1!
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5.0 out of 5 stars I need to read more of these four Elders and Coyote the trickster.
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 24, 2015
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King again has raised some serious thought provoking issues in an entertaining and provocative fashion. The recipe substitutions were very funny. The emphasis on family and the strength of the women was critical to understanding this story. This was again, time well spent!
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Theresa Wyatt
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 7, 2018
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all good!
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Jenna
4.0 out of 5 stars good job
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 22, 2015
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Book was in as said condition. Very pleased
Took right to the last designated day to arrive. Was getting anxious.
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Tammy McLeod
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 27, 2016
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It was funny, but the subject is difficult (and unfortunately true) also.
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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 17, 2013
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This is a great novel for those who like mind games. I am a "nuts and bolts" facts orientated person who did not understand the many allegories and puns so did not get much enjoyment out of this book. Of our small 8 member book club, 1 person was really into this style and was able to provide insight into the meaning of the characters and their activities. A more detailed prologue may be helpful.
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