| The Death of Jim Loney Contributor(s): Welch, James (Author), Harrison, Jim (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143105183 ISBN-13: 9780143105183 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: Jim Loney is a half-breed Indian living in a small Montana town. He's 35 years old, and he's slowly going mad. A compelling story of the modern American Indian, out of warpaint and costume, with no tribe and no home in nature or the cheap substitutes available to him. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007039992 |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 4.95" W x 7.83" (0.32 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Montana - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: James Welch never shied away from depicting the lives of Native Americans damned by destiny and temperament to the margins of society. The Death of Jim Loney is no exception. Jim Loney is a mixed-blood, of white and Indian parentage. Estranged from both communities, he lives a solitary, brooding existence in a small Montana town. His nights are filled with disturbing dreams that haunt his waking hours. Rhea, his lover, cannot console him; Kate, his sister, cannot penetrate his world. In sparse, moving prose, Welch has crafted a riveting tale of disenfranchisement and self-destruction. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |