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Set on a North Dakota reservation, inter-connected stories are related of Sioux men and women from 1876 to the early 1980s. Each generation has to deal with pressures from the past even to the extent of inheriting magical powers; characters seem inhabited by ancient wisdom and weaknesses.
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"Captivating...a healing vision that goes to the core of our humanity."--New York Times Book Review
"Stunning...Power steeps us in the traditions and culture of contemporary Indian life."--San Francisco Chronicle "Extravangantly inventive...a book of wonders."--Washington Post Book World "A wild river of a book. Susan Power writes with a headlong energy and a force that are nothing less than thrilling."--Louise Erdich "Pure and potent magic, with storytelling that encircles you like wisps of tribal ghosts."--Amy Tan "Intoxicating...compellingly authentic...Clearly, this author has painted herself a place in the literary landscape."--Chicago Sun-TimesAbout the Author
Susan Power is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and a native Chicagoan. She received an A.B. from Harvard/Radcliffe, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her short fiction has been published in Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review, Voice Literary Supplement, Ploughshares, Story, and The Best American Short Stories 1993.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0330335871
- ISBN 13 9780330335874
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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