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Cherie Dimaline is a member of the Georgian Bay Metis Community in Ontario. Her 2017 book,THE MARROW THIEVES, won the Governor General's Award, the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers and was named a Book of Year on numerous lists including the National Public Radio, the New York Public Library, the Globe and Mail and the CBC, and continues to be a national bestseller 2 years later. Her new novel EMPIRE OF WILD became an instant bestseller and was named Indigo's #1 Best Book of 2019.
Deftly written, gripping and informative. Empire of Wild is a
rip-roaring read!
*Margaret Atwood*
Empire of Wild is doing everything I love in a contemporary novel
and more. It is tough, funny, beautiful, honest and propulsive . .
. Cherie Dimaline is a voice that feels both inevitable and
necessary.
*Tommy Orange, author of THERE THERE*
Settle in for an utterly compelling blend of propulsive narrative,
starkly beautiful writing and passionate, near dysfunctional love,
based in the mixed-heritage Métis community of western Canada.
*Daily Mail*
A blend of close-knit emotional bonds and ambiguous menace...
Dimaline's novel is able to take the plot to some unexpectedly
phantasmagorical places without losing sight of its emotional
core... Stories and their telling run throughout this book, from
official histories to tales of uncanny and mythic creatures
whispered about late at night... Dimaline here turns an old story
into something newly haunting and resonant.
*New York Times Review of Books*
Empire of Wild is a small book. But it is not a slight book. It is
close, tight, stark, beautiful - rich where richness is warranted,
but spare where want and sorrow have sharpened every word. And
through multiple narrators (including free-floating, disjointed
chapters from Victor which haunt every major angle of the plot),
disconnected timelines, the strange geographies of memory and
storytelling, Dimaline has crafted something both current and
timeless, mythic but personal. It is the story of Joan and her
love. Joan and her loss. Joan and her family. Joan and her
monster.
*NPR*
Sharp.
*New Yorker*
Wildly entertaining and profound and essential.
*New York Times*
Exhilarating.
*Lit Hub*
Revelatory... Gritty and engaging, this story of a woman and her
missing husband is one of candor, wit and tradition."
*Ms. Magazine*
Dimaline trusts her readers. Her characters reiterate the
importance of heritage, culture, and representation to their
careless and dismissive youth, but she uses language that compels
everyone to take heed - native or not; old or young... Dimaline has
written this narrator as if she is moving from room to room,
traveling through the pages: yes, she has seen and survived it all
and when it comes right down to it, Dimaline makes it clear that
when it comes to standing up for her people, she is wildly excited
about the choreography of a damn good fight.
*Chicago Review of Books*
The novel is at times sad, at times humorous, and at times
terrifying. Smartly written with believable characters, a tight
plot, and breathtaking sentences, this is a must-read literary
thriller.
*Publishers Weekly (starred review)*
Canadian writer Cherie Dimaline blends fantasy, monsters and
contemporary First Nation struggles in a powerful and inventive
novel... Empire of Wild seamlessly mixes realistic characters with
the spiritual and supernatural. As much a literary thriller as a
testament to Indigenous female empowerment and strength, Empire of
Wild will excite readers with its rapid plot and move them with its
dedication to the truths of the Métis community.
*Book Page (starred review)*
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