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From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Morris, Irvin (Author)
ISBN: 0806132426     ISBN-13: 9780806132426
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
OUR PRICE:   $22.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2000
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Annotation: The Dine, or Navajo, creation story says there were four worlds before this, the Glittering World. For the present-day Dine this is a world of glittering technology and influences from outside the sacred land entrusted to them by the Holy People. From the Glittering World conveys in vivid language how a contemporary Dine writer experiences this world as a mingling of the profoundly traditional with the sometimes jarringly, sometimes alluringly new.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 96031861
Series: American Indian Literature & Critical Studies (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.49" W x 8.45" (0.70 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
 
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Publisher Description:

The Din , or Navajo, creation story says there were four worlds before this, the Glittering World. For the present-day Din this is a world of glittering technology and influences from outside the sacred land entrusted to them by the Holy People. From the Glittering World conveys in vivid language how a contemporary Din writer experiences this world as a mingling of the profoundly traditional with the sometimes jarringly, sometimes alluringly new.

Throughout the book, Morris's command of a crisp unpretentious prose is most impressive...His style is so low-key that he hardly seems to be trying to be 'artistic, ' yet the cumulative effect of these pieces is quite powerful. For Morris's beautiful descriptions of the remote Navajo reservation this book deserves to be on the shelf of anyone tracking the literature of the Southwest.-Western American Literature

Beginning with the Navajo creation story and ending with the summation of everything in between, Morris shows an incredible agility in jumping from truth to myth, from now to then, and from what is to what might have been.-The Sunday Oklahoman

In From the Glittering World, Irvin Morris has woven a wondrous and sometimes terrifying weave of stories centered in the Navajo experience. . . . Irvin Morris' strong style, his vivid imagery, his deft handling of complex structures, and his deep knowledge of Navajo tradition combine to produce a work as powerful and enduring as Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller and N. Scott Momaday's The Names. With From the Glittering World, Irvin Morris has joined the ranks of great contemporary authors.-Telluride Times-Journal


Contributor Bio(s): Morris, Irvin: -

Irvin Morris, a member of the Tobaahi clan of the Navajo Nation, is Professor of American Indian Studies and English at the University of Arizona, Tucson.