Left Handed, Son of Old Man Hat: A Navajo Autobiography - Couverture souple

Left Handed

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803279582 ISBN 13 : 9780803279582

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1967

Synopsis

With a simplicity as disarming as it is frank, Left Handed tells of his birth in the spring "when the cottonwood leaves were about the size of my thumbnail," of family chores such as guarding the sheep near the hogan, and of his sexual awakening. As he grows older, his account turns to life in the open: nomadic cattle-raising, farming, trading, communal enterprises, tribal dances and ceremonies, lovemaking, and marriage. As Left Handed grows in understanding and stature, the accumulated wisdom of his people is made known to him. He learns the Navajo life founded upon principles: the necessity of honesty, foresightedness, self-discipline. The style of the narrative is almost biblical in its rhythms; but biblical, too, in many respects, is the traditional way of life it recounts.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Introducing this new edition is Luci Tapahonso, a professor of English at the University of Kansas. She is the author of A Breeze Swept Through and Saanii Dahataal―The Women Are Singing: Poems and Stories.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 1967
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803279582
• ISBN 13: 9780803279582
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 378
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