The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages - Hardcover

Momaday, N. Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312155816 ISBN 13: 9780312155810

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Collects the author's writings on sacred geography, Billy the Kid, actor Jay Silverheels, ecological ethics, Navajo place names, and old ways of knowing

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Product Description

211 pages. Ex-Library. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Review

"The dean of American Indian writers . . . Mr. Momaday constructs beautifully cadenced sentences and summons a colorful assortment of stories and states of mind from a lively imagination." --The New York Times Book Review"Momaday is a kind of arrowmaker himself--savvy, agile with language, and ready to slay, in a heartbeat, the predator outside." --The Nation"There is . . . an unmistakable greatness here . . . Momaday's qualification to speak on the restorative power of words follows from his position as an outsider who uses language to negotiate a way between two worlds . . . Momaday may write for himself and his people . . . but he speaks to us all." --Atlanta Journal Constitution"The Man Made of Words is Momaday in a nutshell, essential Momaday . . . Throughout [he] sounds his grand theme: the sacred--an Indian sacred and what it is." --Buffalo News"A preeminent voice on Native American literature . . . few authors write as gracefully or majestically as Momaday." --Publishers Weekly The dean of American Indian writers . . . Mr. Momaday constructs beautifully cadenced sentences and summons a colorful assortment of stories and states of mind from a lively imagination. "The New York Times Book Review" Momaday is a kind of arrowmaker himself--savvy, agile with language, and ready to slay, in a heartbeat, the predator outside. "The Nation" There is . . . an unmistakable greatness here . . . Momaday's qualification to speak on the restorative power of words follows from his position as an outsider who uses language to negotiate a way between two worlds . . . Momaday may write for himself and his people . . . but he speaks to us all. "Atlanta Journal Constitution" The Man Made of Words is Momaday in a nutshell, essential Momaday . . . Throughout [he] sounds his grand theme: the sacred--an Indian sacred and what it is. "Buffalo News" A preeminent voice on Native American literature . . . few authors write as gracefully or majestically as Momaday. "Publishers Weekly"" "The dean of American Indian writers . . . Mr. Momaday constructs beautifully cadenced sentences and summons a colorful assortment of stories and states of mind from a lively imagination."--"The New York Times Book Review" "Momaday is a kind of arrowmaker himself--savvy, agile with language, and ready to slay, in a heartbeat, the predator outside."--"The Nation" "There is . . . an unmistakable greatness here . . . Momaday's qualification to speak on the restorative power of words follows from his position as an outsider who uses language to negotiate a way between two worlds . . . Momaday may write for himself and his people . . . but he speaks to us all."--"Atlanta Journal Constitution" "The Man Made of Words is Momaday in a nutshell, essential Momaday . . . Throughout [he] sounds his grand theme: the sacred--an Indian sacred and what it is."--"Buffalo News" "A preeminent voice on Native American literature . . . few authors write as gracefully or majestically as Momaday."--"Publishers Weekly"

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0312155816
• ISBN 13: 9780312155810
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 211