House Made of Dawn [50th Anniversary Ed] (eBook)

A Novel

N. Scott Momaday (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
224 Seiten
Harpercollins (Verlag)
978-0-06-291106-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Both a masterpiece about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native American literature. . . . A book everyone should read for the joy and emotion of the language it contains. TheParis ReviewA special50thanniversary edition of the magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from renowned Kiowa writer and poet N. Scott Momaday, with a new prefaceby the authorA young Native American, Abel has come home from war to find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his fathers, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of his people. But the other worldmodern, industrial Americapulls at Abel, demanding his loyalty, trying to claim his soul, and goading him into a destructive, compulsive cycle of depravity and disgust.An American classic,House Made of Dawnis at once a tragic tale about the disabling effects of war and cultural separation, and a hopeful story of a stranger in his native land, finding his way back to all that is familiar and sacred.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.12.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• ISBN-10: 0-06-291106-6 / 0062911066
• ISBN-13: 978-0-06-291106-3 / 9780062911063