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"Speaking one language, I submit, is like living in a house with one window only..." From his legendary birth in a snow bank in northwestern Manitoba, through his metamorphosis to citizen-artist of the world, playwright, pianist, polyglot, storyteller, and irreverent disciple of the Trickster, Tomson Highway rides roughshod through the languages and communities that have shaped him. Cree, Dene, Latin, French, English, Spanish, and the universal language...
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«Ne parler qu'une langue... c'est comme vivre dans une maison avec une seule fenêtre», c'est ce que dit Tomson Highway. Dans son livre A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism, l'auteur s'interroge sur la force avec laquelle les mots peuvent illuminer notre monde. Depuis sa naissance légendaire dans un banc de neige dans le nord-ouest du Manitoba à son illustre carrière artistique, il démontre que le cri, le déné,...
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