{"title":"Tomson Highway","description":"\u003cp\u003eTomson Highway’s works offer profound insights into personal and cultural identity, blending memoir with rich storytelling. Readers can explore narratives that delve into the complexities of life, memory, and the indigenous experience with honest and evocative prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles like \u003cem\u003eLaughing with the Trickster\u003c\/em\u003e, Highway’s writing invites reflection on tradition, resilience, and the power of humour. His books resonate deeply within the Biography \u0026amp; Memoir genre, offering a unique voice that challenges and inspires.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"laughing-with-the-trickster-by-tomson-highway-9781487011239","title":"Laughing with the Trickster","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrilliant, jubilant insights into the glory and anguish of life from one of the world's most treasured Indigenous creators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTrickster is zany, ridiculous. The ultimate, over-the-top, madcap fool. Here to remind us that the reason for existence is to have a blast and to laugh ourselves silly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrated author and playwright Tomson Highway brings his signature irreverence to an exploration of five themes central to the human condition: language, creation, sex and gender, humour, and death. A comparative analysis of Christian, classical, and Cree mythologies reveals their contributions to Western thought, life, and culture—and how North American Indigenous mythologies provide unique, timeless solutions to our modern problems. Highway also offers generous personal anecdotes, including accounts of his beloved accordion-playing, caribou-hunting father, and plentiful Trickster stories as curatives for the all-out unhappiness caused by today's patriarchal, colonial systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLaughing with the Trickster\u003c\/em\u003e invites you to laugh with the legendary Tomson Highway as he illuminates a healing, hilarious way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606347366636,"sku":"9781487011239","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/eac8bd3d59309992637bf4c65dd21cda.jpg?v=1778192270"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/tomson-highway.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}