Green Grass, Running Water

A Novel

Thomas King

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Bantam USA
31 March 1999

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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...

By: Thomas King
Imprint: Bantam USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 192mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 374g
ISBN: 9780553373684
ISBN 10: 0553373684
Pages: 469
Publication Date: 31 March 1999
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Green Grass, Running Water: A Novel

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