Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories by Norma Dunning

Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories

Norma Dunning with Tanis Parenteau (Narrator), Eric Schweig (Narrator)

4 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

Drawing on both lived experience and cultural memory, Norma Dunning brings together six powerful new short stories centred on modern-day Inuk characters in Tainna. Ranging from homeless to extravagantly wealthy, from spiritual to jaded, young to e...

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Community Reviews Summary of 53 reviews

Moods

emotional 75%
reflective 67%
dark 60%
sad 50%
challenging 42%
hopeful 25%
tense 21%
funny 17%
informative 17%
inspiring 17%
mysterious 14%
adventurous 10%

Pace

medium 73%
fast 19%
slow 7%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 61% | A mix: 33% | Plot: 5%

Strong character development?

Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 37% | N/A: 12%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 47% | Yes: 41% | N/A: 11%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 93% | No: 6%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 37% | No: 12%

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4.2

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