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Autore: |
Vizenor Gerald Robert <1934->
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Titolo: |
Chair of tears / / Gerald Vizenor
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Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
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.: | 9910818498003321 |
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