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Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles

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ISBN-10:: 0816618526
ISBN-13:: 9780816618521
Pub. Date:: 06/25/1990
Publisher:: University of Minnesota Press

ISBN-10:: 0816618526
ISBN-13:: 9780816618521
Pub. Date:: 06/25/1990
Publisher:: University of Minnesota Press

Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles

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ISBN-13:	9780816618521
Publisher:	University of Minnesota Press
Publication date:	06/25/1990
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Gerald Vizenor, the author of Woodarrows and other books, has gained recognition for his thoughtful portrayal of modern American Indian life. He has taught Native American literature and film at the University of Minnesota and the University of California, Berkeley.

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While Vizenor's ( Griever ) long-out-of-print peculiar fantasy generally draws more from Indian mythology than from realism, some of its material (such as a reference to Bernadette Devlin) has become dated since its original publication in 1978 as Darkness in Saint Louis: Bearheart . The backdrop is an America that has exhausted its oil supply and descended into chaos. Driven from their Minnesota home when the cedar trees Proude guarded are commandeered for fuel, Proude Cedarfair and his wife, Rosina, set out for New Mexico. On the way they gain assorted companions, including Benito Saint Plumero, who killed a man for love of a female park statue; Pio Wissakodewinini, who was punished for rape by being surgically changed into a woman; and Pure Gumption, a dog with healing powers. They meet dangers, such as the evil gambler, who wagers gasoline against any gamester's life; food fascists who carve up ``witches'' for restaurant fare; and a horde of people who, in the chemically poisoned environment, have been born crippled. Bestiality and necrophilia also appear in Vizenor's mythical tale, which may have been daring when first published, but now is puerile. Vizenor also wrote Crossbloods (see review above). ( May )

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In Chippewa writer Vizenor's (literature, U. of California, Santa Cruz) first novel, American civilization has collapsed and Proude Cedarfair, his wife Rosina, and a bizarre collection of disciples are forced on a pilgrimage when governmental agents descend on the reservation to claim their sacred cedar trees for fuel. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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