Ancient Child Contributor(s): Momaday, N. Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060973455 ISBN-13: 9780060973452 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1990 Annotation: Locke Setman (Set), a Native American, is raised far from the reservation by his adopted father. Set feels a strange aching in his soul and, returning to the tribal lands for the funeral of his grandmother, meets a stunning young medicine woman with a gift of astonishing visions--who turns his world upside down. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal - History - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 89046497 |
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.34" W x 8" (0.64 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - California |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An intriguing combination of myth, fiction, and storytelling that demonstrates the continuing power and range of Momaday's creative vision....These are magical words. Listen. --Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday shapes the ancient Kiowa myth of a boy who turned into a bear into a timeless American classic. The Ancient Child juxtaposes Indian lore and Wild West legend into a hypnotic, often lyrical contemporary novel. It is the story of Locke Setman, known as Set, a Native American raised far from the reservation by his adoptive father. Set feels a strange aching in his soul and, returning to tribal lands for the funeral of his grandmother, is drawn irresistibly to the fabled bear-boy. When he meets Grey, a beautiful young medicine woman with a visionary gift, his world is turned upside down. Here is a magical saga of one man's tormented search for his identity--a quintessential American novel, and a great one. |
Contributor Bio(s): Momaday, N. Scott: - N. Scott Momaday was born in 1934 in Lawton, Oklahoma. A novelist, poet, playwright, teacher, painter, and storyteller, his accomplishments in literature, scholarship, and the arts have established him as an enduring American master. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. |