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Description
Evoking an oral storytelling epic that weaves together one family’s complex history, Hold Your Tongue asks what it means to be Métis and francophone. Recalling the work of Katherena Vermette and Joshua Whitehead, Matthew Tétreault’s debut novel shines with a poignant, but playful character-driven meditation on the struggles of holding onto “la langue,” and marks the emergence of an important new voice.
Contributor Notes
Matthew Tétreault is French-Métis from the Ste. Anne area of Manitoba. He is the author of What Happened on the Bloodvein (Pemmican Publications, 2015), a collection of short stories.
He recently completed a PhD in Métis literature and literary history in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. He lived in Edmonton for 7 years. He currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with his wife, daughter, in-laws, and his old cat, Major Tom. Hold Your Tongue is his first novel.
Editorial Reviews
"[r]ichly textured and thought-provoking ... [w]ritten in nimble, sure-footed prose." — Bev Sandell Greenberg, Winnipeg Free Press
"[V]irtuosic ... this linguistically complex novel offers no easy answers." — Karen Press, Alberta Views
"At times poignant, sometimes harsh, it is always honest and alive." — Anne Smith-Nochasak, The Miramichi Reader
