by Velma Wallis · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9783492240345
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«Zwei alte Frauen: eine Legende von Verrat und Tapferkeit» is the legend by Velma Wallis published by Piper in paperback (119 pages, in German).
Two elderly women from a nomadic Alaskan tribe are abandoned during a famine in a glacial winter: they are considered a burden to the survival of the rest. Alone in the frozen wilderness, they recover forgotten skills and decide to fight for their lives, sustained by their friendship and tenacity.
Translation by Christel Dormagen; illustrated by Heinke Both. Original title: «Two Old Women». Awards: Western States Book Award (1993) and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (1994).
Of interest to reading groups and readers of survival fiction, with a wintry setting and indigenous Alaskan culture.
Velma May Wallis is an American writer of Gwich'in Athabascan Indian descent. Her books have been translated into 17 languages.
