Lyric of the Circle Heart: The Bowman Family Trilogy (American Literature Series) - Softcover

Eastlake, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564781364 ISBN 13: 9781564781369

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, 1997

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Review:

"Eastlake's prairie-hard prose is as pure and clean as the wind-sanded land that fosters it." --?Ken Kesey

" "Lyric of the Circle Heart" puts on a fine, fleshy display of fantastic characters, biting wit and the best conversations you've ever heard (let alone read).... Since these novellas deal with race, loneliness and alienation, they might easily be tragedies. Perhaps they are. But if so, they're the most deftly humorous tragedies ever written." --? "Weekly Alibi"

"Mr. Eastlake's language is direct and simple, and the effect he creates is one of urgency, as though time were running out." --?"New Yorker"

""Lyric of the Circle Heart" puts on a fine, fleshy display of fantastic characters, biting wit and the best conversations you've ever heard (let alone read).... Since these novellas deal with race, loneliness and alienation, they might easily be tragedies. Perhaps they are. But if so, they're the most deftly humorous tragedies ever written." --?"Weekly Alibi"

From the Back Cover:

These novels face head-on the reality of the American Indian, perhaps the last great taboo in American culture. After all of the flag-waving, the wars to protect the Land of the Free, and interventions around the world in the name of democracy, how do Americans admit, even today, that America was not discovered by Columbus and not courageously cultivated by white Anglo-Saxons? The land was invaded and a people destroyed, all in the name of religion, political freedom, and money. Against a background of New Mexico that transcends regional space, Eastlake explores race, greed, and tradition, evoking stereotypes for the sake of exploding them and laying bare an American reality that is a strange mix of pop culture, zany humor, biting satire, and a deep-seated respect for and love of the land.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1564781364
• ISBN 13: 9781564781369
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 518