The Back of the Turtle
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The Back of the Turtle is a novel by Thomas King that explores environmental disaster, Indigenous identity, and corporate responsibility through a scientist’s return to his devastated home community.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| addresses |
colonialism’s impact on Indigenous communities
ⓘ
reconciliation with the past ⓘ |
| author | Thomas King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Governor General’s Award for English-language fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| depicts |
contaminated land and water
ⓘ
corporate environmental negligence ⓘ |
| explores |
impact of corporate actions on Indigenous lands
ⓘ
moral responsibility of scientists ⓘ relationship between humans and the environment ⓘ survivor guilt ⓘ |
| focusesOn | return of a prodigal character to home community ⓘ |
| genre |
Indigenous literature
ⓘ
environmental fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicity | Indigenous (Cherokee and Greek) author ⓘ |
| hasConflictType |
man versus self
ⓘ
man versus society ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | contemporary Canadian Indigenous experience ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
industrial pollution
ⓘ
toxic contamination ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasIndigenousCommunityRepresentation | First Nations community ⓘ |
| hasIndigenousPerspective | yes ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion | what is owed to communities harmed by science and industry ⓘ |
| hasPageForm |
digital edition
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistBackground | scientist formerly employed by a corporation ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isPartOf | contemporary Canadian literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
myth and legend integration
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| mainCharacterRole | scientist ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Indigenous identity
ⓘ
corporate responsibility ⓘ ecological justice ⓘ environmental disaster ⓘ return to homeland ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | multi-perspective narrative ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Indigenous community ⓘ |
| settingCharacteristic | devastated by environmental catastrophe ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | 21st century ⓘ |
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