Kiss of the Fur Queen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

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Before You Read Beta

Summary

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1, Chapters 1-4

Part 2, Chapters 5-8

Part 2, Chapters 9-11

Part 3, Chapters 12-15

Part 3, Chapters 16-22

Part 4, Chapters 23-27

Part 4, Chapters 28-33

Part 5, Chapters 34-37

Part 5, Chapters 38-40

Part 6, Chapters 41-44

Part 6, Chapters 45-49

Character Analysis

Themes

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Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Using textual evidence and your own research, discuss the context and significance of the two epigraphs to the novel.

Reviewers have called the descriptions of Champion and Gabriel’s births two of the most beautiful depictions of childbirth in recent fiction. What in your opinion makes these descriptions so special? What do they illuminate about Cree cosmological concepts of childbirth and conception?

Jeremiah is known as Champion, Champion-Jeremiah, and Jeremiah at different stages in the text. How do the three identities differ from each other?