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This is volume 3 of
Robert Bringhurst's three-volume homage to the classical Haida mythtellers.
Here are some of the responses evoked by the introductory volume, A Story as
Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World
(1999): "Bringhurst's accomplishment is beyond praise. His translations are spare and eloquent; his commentary is ... judicious and invariably thought-provoking.... A Story as Sharp as a Knife merits a wide readership and a passionate response. It also deserves to win every literary award in sight." - Mark Abley, in the Montreal Gazette "One of the most important books to grace Canadian literature in many years." - John Bemrose, in Maclean's "What a charge this discovery sent through me!... The brilliant analysis of myth and culture will find its place alongside such popular investigations as Radin's The Trickster, Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Santillana and von Dechend's Hamlet's Mill or Levi-Strauss's The Raw and the Cooked.... A Story as Sharp as a Knife ... will make academics tremble with jealousy and students of mythtelling shiver with excitement." - Brian Brett, in Books in Canada |
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