Noopiming 9781916751354 Paperback

Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardShortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for FictionShortlisted for the ReLit Award for NovelNoopimingis Anishinaabemowin for in the bush. In it, Simpson and a cast of seven Akiwenzii, the old man; Ninaatig, the maple tree; Mindimooyenh, the old woman; Sabe, the giant; Adik, the caribou; and Asin and Lucy, younger humans turn the tables on colonial myth-making, exposing the unnatural strangeness at the heart of settler-capitalism. With warm humour and canny observation,The Cure for White Ladiesbreaks open the self to a world still alive with people, animals, ancestors, and spirits.