Three Day Road

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Three Day Road is a novel by Canadian writer Joseph Boyden.

Set in 1919, following the end of World War I, the novel takes place in the wilderness of Northern Ontario. Niska, an Oji-Cree medicine woman, arrives at the train station to take her gravely wounded nephew Xavier back home via a three-day canoe trip.

As the trip progresses, Niska and Xavier exchange stories. Niska tells Xavier about her life, while Xavier tells stories of his experiences as one of the leading snipers in wartorn Europe.

The novel was inspired in part by real-life aboriginal World War I heroes Francis Pegahmagabow and John Shiwak.

[edit] Awards and recognition

• Nominee for the 2005 Governor General's Awards.
• Winner of the McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award.
• Winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for 2005.
• Selected for inclusion in Canada Reads 2006, where it was championed by filmmaker Nelofer Pazira.
• Winner, 2006 Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award

[edit] External links

• Minnesota Public Radio: Joseph Boyden reading from Three Day Road (RealAudio stream)
• Joseph Boyden's Three Day Road wins 1st aboriginal book of the year award
• McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year