Son of a Trickster
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Son of a Trickster is a 2017 coming of age novel[1] by Eden Robinson. In it, a teenage boy wades through the complications of a broken family, social pressure, drugs, alcohol and poverty[2] and discovers the Haisla trickster Wee'jit.[3] The story is set in Kitimat, British Columbia.
It is the first in a Trickster trilogy written by Robinson and took eight years to write.[4] In 2018, Robinson released the second book in the trilogy, Trickster Drift. [5] Filmmaker Michelle Latimer and Streel Films have secured rights to adapt the book into a TV series,[6] which is slated to premiere on CBC Television as Trickster in 2020.[7]
The novel was selected for the 2020 edition of Canada Reads, in which it will be defended by actress Kaniehtiio Horn.[8]
Awards and nominations
- 2017 Giller Prize shortlist
- 2018 BC Book Prizes - Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize shortlist
- 2018 Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award shortlist
- 2018 Sunburst Award shortlist
References
- ^ Wiersema, Robert J. (7 February 2017). "'As slippery as a trickster tale should be': Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster begins a promising, humourously dark trilogy". National Post. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Rose, Hilary A. (30 April 2008). "Book Review Son of a Trickster". Journal of Family Theory & Review. 10 (2): 494–500. doi:10.1111/jftr.12270.
- ^ "A lighter tone in Eden Robinson's new novel parallels a positive uptick in the author's life | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ Warren, Jennifer (7 November 2017). "Why it took Eden Robinson eight years to write Son of a Trickster". CBC. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Lederman, Marsha (2 October 2018). "The indomitable Eden Robinson discusses writing her new Trickster sequel amid struggle and loss". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Barrera, Jorge (7 April 2018). "Indigenous filmmaking team to make screen adaptation of Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster". CBC. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Adaptation of Eden Robinson's Trickster series coming to CBC-TV". CBC Books, May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Meet the Canada Reads 2020 contenders". CBC Books, January 22, 2020.
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