Watermelon NightsWatermelon Nights
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Book, 1998
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Current format, Book, 1998, 1st ed, Available . Offered in 0 more formatsA Native American saga that spans generations chronicles the deep connections among members of Johnny Severe's family, as his mother's and grandmother's pasts retain a fascinating hold over his present
A Native American saga that spans generations chronicles the deep connections among members of Johnny Severe's family, as his mother's and grandmother's pasts retain a fascinating hold over his present. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.
In the tradition of Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie, a multi-generational epic novel about the love and forgiveness that keep an American Indian family together.
Told from the points of view of Johnny Severe, his grandmother, Elba, and his mother, Iris, Watermelon Nights reaches to the past and toward the future to uncover the secrets behind each of these characters' extraordinary powers of perception. When twenty-year-old Johnny contemplates leaving his grandmother's house for the big city, he discovers there's more than his floundering used-clothing store keeping him where he is. As the novel shifts perspectives, tracing the history of the tribe, we learn how the tragic events of Elba's childhood, as well as Iris's attempts to separate herself from her cultural roots, make Johnny's dilemma all the more difficult, and his choices more crucial.
A Native American saga that spans generations chronicles the deep connections among members of Johnny Severe's family, as his mother's and grandmother's pasts retain a fascinating hold over his present. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.
In the tradition of Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie, a multi-generational epic novel about the love and forgiveness that keep an American Indian family together.
Told from the points of view of Johnny Severe, his grandmother, Elba, and his mother, Iris, Watermelon Nights reaches to the past and toward the future to uncover the secrets behind each of these characters' extraordinary powers of perception. When twenty-year-old Johnny contemplates leaving his grandmother's house for the big city, he discovers there's more than his floundering used-clothing store keeping him where he is. As the novel shifts perspectives, tracing the history of the tribe, we learn how the tragic events of Elba's childhood, as well as Iris's attempts to separate herself from her cultural roots, make Johnny's dilemma all the more difficult, and his choices more crucial.
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