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Ravensong (Paperback)

by Lee Maracle (Author) "FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUND RAVEN SANG A DEEP wind song, melancholy green ..." (more)

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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Press Gang Publishers (May 3 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0889740445
ISBN-13: 978-0889740440
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 323 g

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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"... [a] leading figure in Native literature."

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Set in an urban Native community on the Pacific Northwest coast in the early 1950s, Ravensong is by turns damning, humourous, inspirational, and prophetic.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 Stars, Oct 15 2003

By	"5u5hi" (USA) - See all my reviews

I agree with the other reviewer who rebuts the idea that Celia's narrative is not fullly developed. I think that Lee Maracle did this deliberately. While I don't know Maracle's exact intentions, and can't say whether Celia represents assimilation, I'm pretty sure for a fact that Celia's disappearing narrative is meant to illustrate marginalization - perhaps marginalization of women (especially the women in white town), and most probably marginalization of the Salish community. Similarly, the fragmented nature of the narrative throughout this book represents a feminist challenge to the logo-centric and linear dominance of other forms of literature.

"Ravensong" is a powerful book about what it means to be the marginal "other". It is also a book that gives a little bit of Salish history, and perhaps First Nations history in general. In other words, "Ravensong" especially through the use of the flu (both literal and metaphorical) shows how the natives throughout Canada have been treated by whites. This book also begins to re-appropriate identity through the main character, Stacey. Stacey at first yearns for the material wealth of the whites in white town. She also doesn't value her own culture. But as the book progresses, Stacey begins a transformation. She begns to decolonize her mind, and finally reaches appreciation for where she has come from.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Celia's role, Nov 14 2002

By	Marci (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews

I am writing in reaction to the other two reviews that claim that Celia's potential as a character is never fully realized. I strongly believe that Maracle chose to portray Celia in this way to comment on how spirituality is lost in the midst of assimilation. Celia imparts visions from the past and appear in the beginning to have a prophetic potential. However, she seems to gradually fade away throughout the novel. Her gradual dismissal should hint to the reader of the gradual dismissal of Natives in history. Since the book deals with the process of losing one's innocence through maturation, it makes sense for a spiritually intuitive young girl like Celia to be neglected in the end.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing, Aug 20 2002

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I started this book wanting to like it but found myself consistantly disappointed. Lee Maracle's writing style is stiff and disjointed. The perspective of the character Stacey is supposed to be from the perspective of a naive, confused, 17 year old girl. Instead it reads like a grown woman reflecting back on being 17 with all the knowledge she has gained since then. The comparisons between the white world and the Native were stiff and contrived. The lack of development of Celia was disappointing and the additions of Raven and Cedar seemed tacked on and under developed. I recommend Tomson Highway's "Kiss of the Fur Queen" over "Ravensong". The characterization of Wesagechak/ Fur Queen is much more compelling and the story is much more interesting.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully written, a fabulous book about coming of age.
Set in the 1950's, Ravensong is a story of a girl trying to find her place in the world. It is a difficult task as she is divided between the white society that educates her... Read more

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