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Chair of tears [[electronic resource] /] / Gerald Vizenor



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Autore: Vizenor Gerald Robert <1934-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Chair of tears [[electronic resource] /] / Gerald Vizenor Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-68780-0
9786613664747
0-8032-4032-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790123703321
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Serie: Native storiers.