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“In this eerily beautiful tale of nature and humanity, we follow Cougar from birth to death, while the man hunting Cougar is drawn in by the echoing call of the forest and the stories told by the men of his town.”
— Lily Hunter • Skylark Bookshop
Finalist for the 2022 Trillium Book Award
The intertwined story of a cougar and a man that portrays the strength, vulnerability, and consciousness of two top predators. Not since Life of Pi have we encountered such transcendence or walked so fully in the footsteps of a big cat.
The “Old Woman” lives in the wild, searching for food, raising her cubs, and avoiding the two-legged creatures who come into her territory. But she is more than an animal — she is a mythic creature who haunts the lives and the dreams of men. Joseph Brandt has been captivated by the mountain lion’s legend since childhood, and one day he steps into the forest to seek her out. A classic in the making, The Hunter and the Old Woman is a mesmerizing portrait of two animals united by a shared destiny.
PAMELA KORGEMAGI is a graduate of York University’s creative writing program. The Hunter and the Old Woman is her debut novel. She lives and works in Toronto.
TIFFANY AYALIK is from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and is Inuit from the Kugluktuk region in Nunavut. It was in the North, listening to stories from her elders, that she discovered her love of storytelling and the powerful change that hearing a story can bring about. After receiving her Diploma in Acting from Red Deer College, she continued her studies at the University of Alberta and graduated with distinction with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting. Tiffany travels across Canada and has performed in Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Europe, sharing her blend of story, song, movement, and improv. She hosts a lifestyle documentary called , where she meets interesting people who are closely connected to the land and the food they harvest. is enjoyed across the North and in 47 million homes in the U.S. on the network. As a film actor, Tiffany’s work can be seen at many international film festivals. In Canada you can see her as Daphne on CBC’s , the full-length spin-off of the cult classic , and . Tiffany writes for film, television, and theatre, and she was a musical director and sketch writer for Mary Walsh’s touring comedy show, “Canada, it’s Complicated.” She produces film and media with her company, Copper Quartz Media, based out of Yellowknife. When she isn’t touring, performing, or composing, Tiffany enjoys teaching as a guest faculty member at The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and works with musicians, dancers and storytellers.
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The Old Woman of Pamela Korgemagi’s hypnotically gripping novel is a North American cougar, and its persona is a creative achievement unknown in literature. Korgemagi completely inhabits her alien protagonist, convincing us not what a cougar is like, but what it is like to be a cougar. The story’s Hunter is human, and his development from child to adult is revealed in step with the animal’s, until their lives finally intersect. It is a novel of rare empathy and insight that gives a convincing portrayal of lives spent in the wild — and what it is like to be alive with and without the familiar human awareness of self and time.
The parallel fates of these fully drawn characters, The Hunter and The Old Woman, feel intimate and urgent.
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