Storyteller / Leslie Marmon Silko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Penguin Books USA, Inc., publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Fiction.

Indians of North America.

Genre:

Short stories.

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxvi, [2], 259, [1] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

[Edition with new introduction]

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2012.

Summary:

Storyteller blends original short stories and poetry influenced by the traditional oral tales that Leslie Marmon Silko heard growing up on the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico with autobiographical passages, folktales, family memories, and photographs. As she mixes traditional and Western literary genres, Silko examines themes of memory, alienation, power, and identity; communicates Native American notions regarding time, nature, and spirituality; and explores how stories and storytelling shape people and communities. Storyteller illustrates how one can frame collective cultural identity in contemporary literary forms, as well as illuminates the importance of myth, oral tradition, and ritual in Silko's own work.

Notes:

"First published in the United States of America by Arcade Publishing, Inc. by arrangement with Seaver Books 1981"--Verso of title leaf.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

ISBN:

9780143121282

0143121286

OCLC:

778419348