Green Grass, Running Water

A Novel

By Thomas King

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Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King

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Jun 01, 1994 | 480 Pages

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About Green Grass, Running Water

Strong, Sassy women and hard-luck hardheaded men, all searching for the middle ground between Native American tradition and the modern world, perform an elaborate dance of approach and avoidance in this magical, rollicking tale by Cherokee author Thomas King. Alberta is a university professor who would like to trade her two boyfriends for a baby but no husband; Lionel is forty and still sells televisions for a patronizing boss; Eli and his log cabin stand in the way of a profitable dam project. These three—and others—are coming to the Blackfoot reservation for the Sun Dance and there they will encounter four Indian elders and their companion, the trickster Coyote—and nothing in the small town of Blossom will be the same again…

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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 Thomas King

THOMAS KING is one of Canada’s premier Native public intellectuals. King was the first Aboriginal person to deliver the prestigious Massey Lectures, and is also the bestselling, award-winning author of six novels, two collections of short stories and two nonfiction… More about Thomas King

Product Details

Paperback
Published by Bantam
Jun 01, 1994 | 480 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | ISBN 9780553373684

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