The Owner of the Sea: Three Inuit Stories Retold - Paperback

by Richard Price (Author)

Discover the enchanting world of Inuit mythology through Richard Price's lyrical retellings of ancient stories.

Owner of the Sea unveils the remarkable narratives of Sedna, the Sea Goddess, and Kiviuq, the Hunter, rich with extraordinary incidents and natural wonder. Explore a world where women marry dogs, birds summon storms, and walruses have surprising origins. These poems celebrate the creaturely relations with our fellow inhabitants of land and sea, offering a fresh perspective on Inuit culture.

Experience a blend of poetry and folklore, perfect for those seeking to connect with indigenous traditions and explore themes of transformation, survival, and the delicate balance between humanity and nature. Dive into these evocative stories and discover the magic of the Arctic.

Author Biography

Richard Price has published over a dozen books of poetry since his debut in 1993, including Lucky Day (2005), which was a Guardian Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Prize. Since then, every Carcanet collection he has published has been shortlisted for a major prize. In 2012 his poem 'Hedge Sparrows' was chosen to represent Team GB in the Olympics project 'The Written World.' A year later, Small World won the Creative Scotland Award in his home country. It was followed by another Guardian Book of the Year, Moon for Sale (2017). Nancy Campbell is a Scottish poet and non-fiction writer whose books include The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate, Disko Bay, Navigations, and How To Say 'I Love You' In Greenlandic (winner of the Birgit Skiöld Award). Between 2010 and 2017 she undertook a series of residencies with Arctic museums to research cultural shifts and climate crisis in the north. More recently Nancy has worked on commissions closer to home as the UK Canal Laureate, and as Literature Fellow at Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Germany.