Prairie Edge by Kerr, Conor
Prairie Edge by Kerr, Conor

Prairie Edge

Set loose a herd of bison in downtown Edmonton: what could go wrong? Métis cousins Isidore "Ezzy"...
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Author: Conor Kerr
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Language: English
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Prairie Edge by Kerr, Conor

Prairie Edge

$58.78
Prairie Edge by Kerr, Conor

Prairie Edge

$58.78
Author: Conor Kerr
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Set loose a herd of bison in downtown Edmonton: what could go wrong?

Métis cousins Isidore "Ezzy" Desjarlais and Grey Ginther have beef with their world. With the latest racist policy rolling out. With whatever new pipeline plowing through traditional territory. With the way a treaty (aka, the army) forced the Papaschase Cree off their home on the prairie. And, on the other hand, with how Grey's friends think if they all just went back to the Rez or the settlement, life would be so much better--pretty, like an Instagram ad. Then there's the warming planet. And their future, which they seem to be screwing up quite well on their own. Being alive can't be all cribbage, Lucky Lager, and swiping the occasional catalytic converter.

One night, the cousins hatch a plan to capture a herd of bison from a nearby national park and release them in downtown Edmonton. They want to be seen, be heard, and to disrupt the settler routines of the city, yet they have no idea what awaits them or the fateful consequences their actions have. Balancing wit and sorrow in a work of satire, social commentary, and whip-smart storytelling, Prairie Edge follows Ezzy and Grey's inspired misadventures as their zealous ideas about bringing about real change do indeed elicit change, just in unexpected and sometimes disastrous ways.

Conor Kerr imagines a web of Métis relationships strained by dislocation, poverty, violence, and cultural drift, but he also laces the ties that bind Ezzy and Grey--and forever bind the Métis to the land--to explore the radical possibility that a couple of inspired miscreants might actually have the power to make a difference.



Author: Conor Kerr
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 06/04/2024
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781517917234

About the Author

Conor Kerr is a Métis/Ukrainian writer living in Edmonton. A member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, he is descended from the Lac Ste. Anne Métis and the Papaschase Cree Nation. His Ukrainian family are settlers in Treaty 4 and 6 territories in Saskatchewan. Kerr grew up in Saskatoon, Edmonton, and other prairie towns and cities. He is author of the poetry collections An Explosion of Feathers and Old Gods and the novel Avenue of Champions, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award, longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize, and won the 2022 ReLIT Award. In 2022, he was named one of CBC's Writers to Watch.


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