A powerful collection of short stories by the Native American writer introduces a young girl who believes in the power of the "roofwalker" spirit to fulfill her desires, mingling Sioux traditions with modern motifs. Reprint.
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Anbieter: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Good. Roofwalker, made up of a unique combination of fiction and nonfiction, or stories and histories, reveals the ways that native traditions and beliefs work in the lives of characters who live far from the reservationand in the author s own life. Many of the histories repeat subjects and themes found in the stories, making Roofwalker a book that in which spirits and the living commingle and Sioux culture and modern life collide with disarming power, humor, and joy. The first seven pieces in the book are stories, fictional accounts primarily of girls and women. In the title story, a young girl believes in the power of the roofwalker spirit to make her dreams come true. In Beaded Souls, a woman is cursed by the sin of her great-grandfather, an Indian policeman who arrested Sitting Bull. First Fruits follows a native girl s first-year at Harvard. The nonfiction pieces include Power s imaginary account of the meeting of her Phi Beta Kappa father and Sioux mother, a piece about the letters of an Irish ancestor and another in which Power and her mother visit the Field Museum in Chicago, where a native ancestor s dress is on display. Artikel-Nr. 00107866490
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Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Roofwalker, made up of a unique combination of fiction and nonfiction, or 'stories' and 'histories,' reveals the ways that native traditions and beliefs work in the lives of characters who live far from the reservation-and in the author's own life. Many of the 'histories' repeat subjects and themes found in the 'stories,' making Roofwalker a book that in which spirits and the living commingle and Sioux culture and modern life collide with disarming power, humor, and joy. The first seven pieces in the book are 'stories,' fictional accounts primarily of girls and women. In the title story, a young girl believes in the power of the 'roofwalker' spirit to make her dreams come true. In 'Beaded Souls,' a woman is cursed by the sin of her great-grandfather, an Indian policeman who arrested Sitting Bull. 'First Fruits' follows a native girl's first-year at Harvard. The nonfiction pieces include Power's imaginary account of the meeting of her Phi Beta Kappa father and Sioux mother, a piece about the letters of an Irish ancestor and another in which Power and her mother visit the Field Museum in Chicago, where a native ancestor's dress is on display. Artikel-Nr. 9781571310415
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Zustand: New. KlappentextNative American writer Susan Power continues to explore her heritage in this collection of fiction and nonfiction stories that reveal the impact of native traditions and beliefs on characters who live far from the reservation. Artikel-Nr. 904343562
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paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Artikel-Nr. Q-157131041X
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