It tells the story of the unknown, and unsung Indian snipers of the Great War, offers a unique and unforgettable account of life in the trenches and paints an evocative portrait of wilderness existence and the death of the Indian way of life. Similar themes of war and nature are reflected in Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong and Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. Weaving between the horrors of the trenches and the wastes of No-man's land (where Elijah and Xavier hone their hunting skills as snipers and react in their very different ways to the never-ending carnage around them), and Niska's memories of growing up in the snowy wilderness of the Canadian North, the stories of aunt and nephew counterpoint each other forming a rich and spellbinding tapestry.Powerful, poignant and utterly compelling, THREE DAY ROAD is a novel about war and loyalty ancestors and history friendship and family, and the dark secrets of the human heart. Three Day Road takes place during World War I, and Boyden frequently notes the beauty of nature that carries on despite the carnage and violence of war. Three Day Road unfolds in a series of flashbacks and stories, told mostly through Xavier and his aunt, Niska. THREE DAY ROAD is a First World War novel told through the eyes of two Canadian Cree Indians: Niska, the last Indian woman living off the land in Canada, and her nephew, Xavier, who reluctantly joins the far-away war at the urging of his only friend, Elijah - a Cree boy raised in the reservation schools.
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