Reviews of “A Hunter's Confession”
 A Hunter's Confession"The Hunter's Confession...is memoir, clustered around outdoor adventure, linked like fish hooked on a chronological dragline, and retold in the light of a life-changing personal crisis." Prairie Fire Review of Books, Apr 15, 2011 Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |
A Hunter's Confession"This year’s winners truly are a star-studded group and representative of the abundance of literary and publishing talent that exists in [Saskatchewan]." Saskatchewan Book Awards Jury, Nov 28, 2010 Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |
A Hunter's Confession“A Hunter’s Confession is a serious and sincere exploration of a hunter’s enjoyment and agony over the tradition he loves. It provides thorough historical information and weighty arguments for and against hunting...it may get readers of any ideological persuasion to think more seriously about the reasons they believe what they do…and the ways in which they engage with the wild, wild world.” Sustainablog, Jul 13, 2010 Read more >>Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |
A Hunter's Confession“[Hunter] writes expressively of the joys of the hunt: the hunter's heightened awareness of everything around him; the atavistic tension as hunter and quarry get closer; the humour, and occasional danger, when things go awry; the meals and stories shared with one's companions at the end of the day.” Montreal Gazette, May 15, 2010 Read more >>Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |
A Hunter's Confession“In this ambitious memoir, Carpenter weaves through his time as a hunter, a brief history of hunting, some surprising demographics of the pastime, the debate between sport and subsistence hunting, and ends finally with the true nugget of the book, the author's spiritual crisis. This is a generous-hearted book about being awake and paying attention while we're out on the land...” Comox Valley Echo, May 14, 2010 Read more >>Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |
A Hunter's Confession“You can't read this book without feeling Carpenter's deep respect and reverence for the 'forest primeval,' and all the creatures in it.” Saskatoon Star Phoenix, May 8, 2010 Read more >>Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |
A Hunter's Confession“David Carpenter has a message for those who don’t like hunting: it’s more than just horn porn...His experiences [hunting] were a springboard for his new memoir, A Hunter’s Confession, in which he explores the history of human hunting, its effects on our culture and its portrayal in literature, and how it shapes our relationship with the natural world.” Prairie Books NOW, May 1, 2010 Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |
A Hunter's Confession“Carpenter’s book, A Hunter’s Confession, is not a tightly reasoned apologia fashioned by a latter-day St. Augustine or St. Francis. He has chosen, rather, to mount an impressionistic carousel of anecdotes and observations that briefly touches upon his early hunting, his experiences with his companions, the history and prehistory of hunting, and the relative morality of subsistence hunting versus hunting for sport.” Literary Review of Canada, May 1, 2010 Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |
A Hunter's Confession“[David Carpenter’s] anecdotes, analysis of other writing on the subject, and personal soul-searching make for a lucid, provocative and often humorous exploration of an activity that has been both castigated and cherished over the years.” Winnipeg Free Press, Apr 2, 2010 Read more >>Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |
A Hunter's Confession“[David Carpenter’s] narrative is told with comic gusto, his own youth recalled in a sort of boys-own dramatic fashion.” Globe & Mail, Apr 2, 2010 Read more >>Read more about A Hunter's Confession >> |