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Blue ravens : historical novel / Gerald Vizenor.
Van Pelt Library PS3572.I19 B58 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vizenor, Gerald Robert, 1934- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brothers--Fiction.
- Brothers.
- Ojibwa Indians--Fiction.
- Ojibwa Indians.
- Indians of North America--Fiction.
- Indians of North America.
- World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- War stories.
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 285 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- 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 Château-Thierry, Montbréhain, 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. Check for the online reader's companion at blueravens.site.wesleyan.edu.
- Contents:
- 1 Roman Beaks 1
- 2 Ogema Station 15
- 3 Gateway Park 26
- 4 Carnegie Totems 37
- 5 Peace Medals 48
- 6 Peyote Opera 61
- 7 Blue Horses 71
- 8 Snow Eggs 79
- 9 Shadow Draft 88
- 10 Gas Attack 97
- 11 Saâcy-Sur-Marne 107
- 12 Château-Thierry 112
- 13 Vesle River 126
- 14 Montbréhain 134
- 15 Pont des Arts 141
- 16 Galerie Crémieux 151
- 17 Deceit of Peace 168
- 18 Banquet Français 172
- 19 War Maggots 190
- 20 Orpheum Theatre 196
- 21 Mona Lisa 212
- 22 École Indienne 219
- 23 Après Guerre 237
- 24 Mutilés de Guerre 259.
- ISBN:
- 9780819574169
- 0819574163
- OCLC:
- 863695270
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