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Watermelon nights : a novel / Greg Sarris ; afterword by Reginald Dyck.
Van Pelt Library PS3569.A732 W38 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sarris, Greg, author.
- Series:
- American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 73.
- American Indian literature and critical studies series ; volume 73
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Fiction.
- Indians of North America.
- Families--United States--Fiction.
- Families.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 445 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Told from the points of view of a twenty-year-old Pomo man, his grandmother, and his mother, this intergenerational saga illuminates the experiences of urban Indians and depicts the historical conditions that shape a tribe's rural-to-urban migration. The novel deals with such topics as ethnic and racial prejudice, urban poverty, violence toward women, and LGBTQ identity. This new edition includes a revised preface by the author and an afterword by Reginald Dyck"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Hyperion Books, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of: Sarris, Greg. New York : Hyperion, ©1998 (425 pages ; 25 cm)
- ISBN:
- 9780806169378
- 0806169370
- OCLC:
- 1240826953
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