Description:
Chris Buckley's true, first-person narrative of a daring expedition through northern Labrador's Torngat Mountains in 1980.
Two brothers journey through the mountains, glaciers, rivers, and meadows of Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga, the Torngat Mountains National Park in northern Labrador. In the Shadow of Tungusuak is a rare, true story of travel inland from Nunatsiavut's famous coastal fjords.
Brief description:
Chris Buckley grew up in New Hampshire and travelled to the Torngat Mountains many times from the 1980s onward, mostly with his brother Brendan. He lectured in English and creative writing at Plymouth State College from 2002 to 2013. Chris passed away in 2020, not long after completing the manuscript for In the Shadow of Tungusuak.
Review Quotes:
"Buckley laces together a narrative that flows like a braided river across the wild landscape of northern Labrador. Among loving descriptions of the austerely beautiful and singularly lonely Torngat Mountains are moments of struggle, humor, and fraternal tenderness, and a lingering sadness over our collective inability to let truly wild places just be."