ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award WinnerFinalist forForeword's 2011 Book of the Year Award in Literary Fiction[Nahoonkara]... incorporates elements of historical fiction with experimental fiction, but nothing that pulls the reader out of the fictional dream."-Robin Martin, Gently Read Literature"Departing from traditional narrative form, Grandbois moves masterfully between first, second, and third persons to invite readers into a textual visualization of how individual choices affect the well-being of the community." -Review of Contemporary Fiction"Peter Grandbois is a splendid writer I intend to follow very closely.'-Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize Winning author ofA Good Scent From a Strange Mountain"Vividly drawn, exquisitely crafted, Nahoonkara bespeaks not just the promise of its author, but also his undeniable power.'-Laird Hunt, author ofRay of the Star'Peter Grandbois has created an original world... and peopled it with a family portrayed vividly and with intense emotion and compassion.'-Sheila Kohler, O. Henry award winning author ofCracks and Becoming Jane EyreIn the tradition of nature writers Rick Bass and Annie Dillard, award winning writer Peter Grandbois' new novelNahoonkara opens up an oneiric space of wonder, a place outside preconceived notions of reality and identity, a place where we are free to re-imagine ourselves. " | Nahoonkara by Peter Grandbois, Paperback | Indigo Chapters