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''Kiss of the Fur Queen'' is a novel by Tomson Highway.〔(Tomson Highway ) at The Canadian Encyclopedia.〕 It was first published by Doubleday Canada in September 1998.〔(''Kiss of the Fur Queen'' ) review at ''Quill & Quire'', September 1998.〕 The novel's main characters are Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis, two young Cree brothers from Eemanipiteepitat in northern Manitoba who are taken from their family and sent to a residential school.〔 Their language is forbidden, their names are changed to Jeremiah and Gabriel, and the boys are sexually abused by priests. However, a wily trickster figure, the Fur Queen, watches over the boys as they fulfill their destiny to become artists.〔 The novel, a fictionalized account of the real-life childhood of Highway and his brother René,〔 was a nominee for the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award and the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1998. Francophone Ontarian poet and academic Robert Dickson translated the novel into French.〔("Who’s Who: Robert Dickson" ). ''Sudbury Living'', January 3, 2013.〕 Released under the title ''Champion et Ooneemeetoo'', the French edition was published by Prise de parole in 2004. ==Plot summary== ''Kiss of the Fur Queen'' begins with the champion dog-sled racer Abraham Okimasis and the story of his two sons, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis from Eemanipiteepitat, Manitoba. Both brothers are taken from their families and sent to a residential school where they are unable to speak their language, forced to cut their hair, and renamed to Jeremiah and Gabriel. In their residential school experience, both brothers are physically and sexually abused at the hands of the priests which leads Jeremiah to an asexual lifestyle and Gabriel due to his inability to form successful relationships. The residential school is also the time that Gabriel meets the Fur Queen or better known as the trickster who watches over them throughout their lives. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kiss of the Fur Queen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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