Gardens in the Dunes: A Novel - Softcover

Silko, Leslie Marmon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684863324 ISBN 13: 9780684863320

Verlag: Simon & Schuster, 2000

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Book by Silko Leslie Marmon

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Críticas

Melissa Levine San Francisco Chronicle Like Gabriel Garc a M rquez, but more accurately reminiscent of Joseph Conrad...a rich descendant well worth reading. David A. Walton San Jose Mercury News Silko's appeal is her ability to transcend with her story the obvious ethnic, feminist, and ecological messages so deeply embedded in her material....[Her] fiction is rooted in the real world and conveys the eternal messages of story land: love won and lost, separation and reunion, a child's growth and arrival into adulthood. Denise Low The Kansas City Star Silko writes descriptions as lush as rose petals. A cosmopolitan, spellbinding narrative. Alexs Pate Minneapolis Star-Tribune You can depend on Leslie Marmon Silko to seduce and captivate you with her considerable literary powers. Her dreamlike narratives deliver amazing truths. With Gardens in the Dunes, Silko has crafted a book about faith in the old ways, in the natural ways of life, about the significance of a family and a girl's indomitable spirit. Philip Connors Newsday A tender, evocative tale. Therese Stanton Ms. The historical, geographical, and emotional scope of this sprawling novel is breathtaking. Silko tells and retells the stories of multicultural America and weaves them into the "master" narrative of American history. Nadya Labi Time Silko has crafted a dreamlike tale out of one of the ugliest realities in American history. Irene Warner The Seattle Times Book Review Rich, generous, funny, and ambitious, thought provoking and rewarding. The Boston Globe Confident and beautifully written. Suzanne Ruta The New York Times Book Review Rich, intriguing...a mix of myth, allegory, Victorian children's tale, and adventure yarn, laced with readings in Southwest history.

Reseña del editor

A sweeping, multifaceted tale of a young Native American pulled between the cherished traditions of a heritage on the brink of extinction and an encroaching white culture, Gardens in the Dunes is the powerful story of one woman's quest to reconcile two worlds that are diametrically opposed. At the center of this struggle is Indigo, who is ripped from her tribe, the Sand Lizard people, by white soldiers who destroy her home and family. Placed in a government school to learn the ways of a white child, Indigo is rescued by the kind-hearted Hattie and her worldly husband, Edward, who undertake to transform this complex, spirited girl into a "proper" young lady. Bit by bit, and through a wondrous journey that spans the European continent, traipses through the jungles of Brazil, and returns to the rich desert of Southwest America, Indigo bridges the gap between the two forces in her life and teaches her adoptive parents as much as, if not more than, she learns from them.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0684863324
• ISBN 13: 9780684863320
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 481