Green Grass, Running Water

Mit seinem originellen, witzigen Roman gelingt es Thomas King, das Leben moderner nordamerikanischer Indianer zu beschreiben, indem er den Leser mit hineinzieht in eine Welt, die von den Höhen und Tiefen des Alltags im späten 20. Jahrhundert ebenso bestimmt wird wie von überlieferten Bräuchen, von den Vorstellungen, die Nicht-Indianer von Indianern haben ebenso wie von den Vorstellungen der Indianer selbst darüber, was es heißt, in diesen Zeiten Indianer zu sein.

Zusatztext King has established himself as a first-rate comic novelist. At his best! he is as savagely and darkly funny as Twain...King has produced a novel that defies all our expectations about what Native American fiction should be. It is a first-class work of art. Newsweek King confirms his place as the best American Indian novelist to emerge since Louise ErdrichKing's playfulness makes the story jump off the page. San Jose Mercury News At once plainspoken and poetic! King is equally at home with his vivid! often comic characters and with the vibrant natural world in which their dramas are played out. People Informationen zum Autor Thomas King is of Cherokee, Greek, and German descent and is currently chair of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. His short stories have been widely published throughout the United States and Canada, and a film, based on his much acclaimed first novel Medicine River , has been made for television. Klappentext Strong, Sassy women and hard-luck hardheaded men, all searching for the middle ground between Native American tradition and the modern world, perform an elaborate dance of approach and avoidance in this magical, rollicking tale by Cherokee author Thomas King. Alberta is a university professor who would like to trade her two boyfriends for a baby but no husband; Lionel is forty and still sells televisions for a patronizing boss; Eli and his log cabin stand in the way of a profitable dam project. These threeand othersare coming to the Blackfoot reservation for the Sun Dance and there they will encounter four Indian elders and their companion, the trickster Coyoteand nothing in the small town of Blossom will be the same again... Zusammenfassung Strong! Sassy women and hard-luck hardheaded men! all searching for the middle ground between Native American tradition and the modern world! perform an elaborate dance of approach and avoidance in this magical! rollicking tale by Cherokee author Thomas King. Alberta is a university professor who would like to trade her two boyfriends for a baby but no husband; Lionel is forty and still sells televisions for a patronizing boss; Eli and his log cabin stand in the way of a profitable dam project. These threeand othersare coming to the Blackfoot reservation for the Sun Dance and there they will encounter four Indian elders and their companion! the trickster Coyoteand nothing in the small town of Blossom will be the same again ...

#8220;King has established himself as a first-rate comic novelist. At his best, he is as savagely and darkly funny as Twain...King has produced a novel that defies all our expectations about what Native American fiction should be. It is a first-class work of art.”—Newsweek

“King confirms his place as the best American Indian novelist to emerge since Louise Erdrich…King’s playfulness makes the story jump off the page.”—San Jose Mercury News

“At once plainspoken and poetic, King is equally at home with his vivid, often comic characters and with the vibrant natural world in which their dramas are played out.”–*People
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Autorentext

Thomas King is of Cherokee, Greek, and German descent and is currently chair of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. His short stories have been widely published throughout the United States and Canada, and a film, based on his much acclaimed first novel Medicine River, has been made for television.

Klappentext

Strong, Sassy women and hard-luck hardheaded men, all searching for the middle ground between Native American tradition and the modern world, perform an elaborate dance of approach and avoidance in this magical, rollicking tale by Cherokee author Thomas King. Alberta is a university professor who would like to trade her two boyfriends for a baby but no husband; Lionel is forty and still sells televisions for a patronizing boss; Eli and his log cabin stand in the way of a profitable dam project. These three—and others—are coming to the Blackfoot reservation for the Sun Dance and there they will encounter four Indian elders and their companion, the trickster Coyote—and nothing in the small town of Blossom will be the same again...