Green Grass, Running Water - Softcover

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9780006485131: Green Grass, Running Water

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006485138 ISBN 13: 9780006485131

Publisher: Harpercollins Trade Sales Dept

NAT IONAL BESTSELLER � FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD FOR FICTION � WINNER OF THECANADIAN AUTHORS’ AWARD FOR FICTION � AMONG THE BEST CANADIAN FICTION OF THE CENTURY (QUILL &QUIRE) � A CBC CANADA READS FINALIST (2004)Welcome to the town of Blossom—part myth, part hilariously off-kilter reality.Green Grass, Running Water is the story of five Blackfoot Indians whose existences connect in ways that are at once coincidental, comical and cosmic. This is a rich tale, weaving magical humour, revisionist history, nostalgia and myth into one bright whole. Green Grass, Running Water’s timeless appeal has kept it flying off bookstore shelves since it was published in 1993. Enhanced with a P.S. section, this edition introduces a new generation of readers to King’s unique take on contemporary human experience.

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Review:

King has established himself as a first-rate comic novelist. At his best, he is as savagely and darkly funny as Twain...King has produced a novel that defies all our expectations about what Native American fiction should be. It is a first-class work of art. "Newsweek"
King confirms his place as the best American Indian novelist to emerge since Louise Erdrich King s playfulness makes the story jump off the page. "San Jose Mercury News"
At once plainspoken and poetic, King is equally at home with his vivid, often comic characters and with the vibrant natural world in which their dramas are played out. "People
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"King has established himself as a first-rate comic novelist. At his best, he is as savagely and darkly funny as Twain...King has produced a novel that defies all our expectations about what Native American fiction should be. It is a first-class work of art."--Newsweek

"King confirms his place as the best American Indian novelist to emerge since Louise Erdrich...King's playfulness makes the story jump off the page."--San Jose Mercury News

"At once plainspoken and poetic, King is equally at home with his vivid, often comic characters and with the vibrant natural world in which their dramas are played out."-People

About the Author:

Thomas King is of Cherokee, Greek, and German descent and is currently chair of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. His short stories have been widely published throughout the United States and Canada, and a film, based on his much acclaimed first novel Medicine River, has been made for television.

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