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| Autore: |
Vizenor Gerald Robert <1934->
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| Titolo: |
Chair of tears [[electronic resource] /] / Gerald Vizenor
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (152 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Indians of North America |
| American fiction | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Ttitle Page; Copyright Page; Contents; 1. Captain Eighty; 2. Chair of Tears; 3. Removal Treaty; 4. Full House Casino; 5. Panic Hole Chancery; 6. Irony Dogs; 7. Skin Dunk; 8. Last Lecture; 9. Postindian Holograms; 10. Denivance Press; 11. Stray Visions; 12. Earthdiver Auction |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The best stories create traditions, and this novel by celebrated Native American writer Gerald Vizenor is a marvelous conjunction of trickster stories and literary ingenuity. Chair of Tears is funny, fierce, ironic, and deadly serious, a sendup of sacred poses, cultural pretensions, and familiar places from reservations to universities. The novel begins with generous stories about Captain Eighty, his young wife, the poker-playing genius named Quiver, and their children and grandchildren who live on a rustic houseboat. Captain Shammer, an extraordinary grandson reare |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Chair of tears ![]() |
| ISBN: | 1-280-68780-0 |
| 9786613664747 | |
| 0-8032-4032-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790123703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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