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BLUE RAVENS
HISTORICAL NOVEL |
| By: |
Gerald Vizenor |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£13.95 |
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£11.86 |
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£2.09 |
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| ISBN 10: |
081957645X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780819576453 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND |
| Pub. date: |
10 May, 2016 |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Description: |
Presents a historical portrayal of Native American soldiers in World War I. This title contains many of Vizenor's recurrent cultural themes - the power and irony of trickster stories, the privilege of 'survivance' over 'victimry', natural reason and resistance. |
| Synopsis: |
Gerald Vizenor weaves an engrossing historical portrayal of Native American soldiers in World War I. 'Blue Ravens' is set at the start of the twentieth century in the days leading up to the Great War in France, and continues in combat scenes at Chateau-Thierry, Montbrehain, and Bois de Fays. The novel contains many of Vizenor's recurrent cultural themes - the power and irony of trickster stories, the privilege of 'survivance' over 'victimry', natural reason and resistance. After serving in the American Expeditionary Forces, two brothers from the Anishinaabe culture return to the White Earth Reservation where they grew up. They eventually leave for a second time to live in Paris where they lead successful and creative lives. With a spirited sense of 'chance, totemic connections, and the tricky stories of our natural transience in the world' Vizenor creates an expression of presence commonly denied Native Americans. 'Blue Ravens' is a story of courage in poverty and war, a human story of art and literature from a recognized master of the postwar American novel and one of the most original and outspoken Native voices writing today. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Wesleyan University Press |
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