House Made Of Dawn
Book description
The Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece set against the landscape of the American Southwest.
'Superb' New York Times
A young Native American, Abel has come home to New Mexico from war to find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his grandfather's, wedding him to the rhythm of…
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I have no idea why this seminal, nay iconic book has sat unread on my shelf for so many years. I took it with me when we went to our remote cabin in Maine, where there's no Internet, no phone-- no electricity, come to that. I knew we'd be spending a lot of time outdoors, so I wanted something short that I could read in brief installments before, worn out from the day's hiking, I fell asleep at night. But it rasined on the first day and, camp-bound, I went cover to cover with a brief break for lunch. The…
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