| In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991 Contributor(s): Momaday, N. Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826348165 ISBN-13: 9780826348166 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: A collection of evocative and versatile works by the National Medal of Arts recipient. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.808 |
| LCCN: 2009039089 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 169 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the Presence of the Sun presents 30 years of selected works by N. Scott] Momaday, the well-known Southwest Native American novelist. His unadorned poetry, which recounts fables and rituals of the Kiowa nation, conveys the deep sense of place of the Native American oral tradition. Here are dream-songs about animals (bear, bison, terrapin) and life away from urban alienation, an imagined re-creation based on Billy the Kid, prose poems about Plains Shields (and a fascinating discussion of their background), and new poems that utilize primary colors ('forms of the earth') to express instinctive continuities of a pre-Columbian vision.--Library Journal The strong, spare beauty of In the Presence of the Sun is compelling evidence that Scott Momaday is one of the most versatile and distinguished artists in America today.--Peter Matthiessen . . . the images, the voices, the people are shadowy, elusive, burning with invention, like flames against a dark sky. For behind them is always the artist-author himself . . . a man with a sacred investiture. Strong medicine, strong art indeed.--The New York Times Book Review |
Contributor Bio(s): Momaday, N. Scott: - N. Scott Momaday won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969 for his novel House Made of Dawn. Several of his books are available from UNM Press, including The Way to Rainy Mountain. He lives in Santa Fe.Momaday, N. Scott: - N. Scott Momaday won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969 for his novel House Made of Dawn. Several of his books are available from UNM Press, including The Way to Rainy Mountain. He lives in Santa Fe. |