In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991 by N. Scott Momaday

In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991

In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991

  • Paperback
  • University of New Mexico Press (2009)
  • SKU: 9780826348166
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"In the Presence of the Sun presents 30 years of selected works by [N. Scott] Momaday, the well-known Southwest Native American novelist. His unadorned poetry, which recounts fables and rituals of the Kiowa nation, conveys the deep sense of place of the Native American oral tradition. Here are dream-songs about animals (bear, bison, terrapin) and life away from urban alienation, an imagined re-creation based on Billy the Kid, prose poems about Plains Shields (and a fascinating discussion of their background), and new poems that utilize primary colors ('forms of the earth') to express instinctive continuities of a pre-Columbian vision."--Library Journal

"The strong, spare beauty of In the Presence of the Sun is compelling evidence that Scott Momaday is one of the most versatile and distinguished artists in America today."--Peter Matthiessen

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