Here I Sit - Softcover

FUMOLEAU RENE

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2890888142 ISBN 13: 9782890888142

Publisher: Novalis, 1996

Synopsis

For Rene Fumoleau, no place is immune to the Spirit's presence. This collection of poems and stories makes that clear. Priest, poet, photographer, and resident with the Dene people, Fumoleau presents a trove of accessible wisdom. Includes 16 pages of color photos by the author and a map.

About this title

About the Author

Long a legend in northern circles, Rene Fumoleau was born in France in 1926, and came to the north as an Oblate priest in 1953. Since then he has chronicled the Dene way of life in his poems, stories, films and photographs. As Long As This Land Shall Last, his critically acclaimed study of native treaties in Canada, brought Fumoleau to national attention in 1975.

From the Inside Flap

For Rene Fumoleau, no place is immune to the Spirit's presence. "The Spirit within us" is the poet's basic vision. Here I Sit, his latest collection of poems and stories, makes that clear. Oblate priest, poet, photographer, and vital presence among the Dene people for more than 40 years, the author throws open a treasure of insights that leaves his readers pining for more. His poetry invites the reader on a journey of self-discovery - one that is an intimate part of the Great Mystery. In the beauty of creation, in the pangs of conscience, in the pain and joy of human life, one grows into the freedom of being oneself. With irony and with, the poet points to the power of Life over Death as the hidden basis of experience itself.

Edition details

• Publisher: Novalis
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2890888142
• ISBN 13: 9782890888142
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192