Wholesale House Made of Dawn American Classics : N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday A Novel Paperback FICTION/Indigenous/General (see also Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island or AI/AN) Series: HarperCollins American Classics American Classics Edition  The magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a proud stranger in his native land from renowned Kiowa writer and poet N. Scott Momaday. This edition is a part of the HarperCollins American Classics collection, published in celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary. A young Native American, Abel has come home from war to find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his grandfather’s, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of his people. But the other world—modern, industrial America—pulls at Abel, demanding his loyalty, trying to claim his soul, and goading him into a destructive, compulsive cycle of depravity and despair.An American classic, House Made of Dawn is at once a tragic tale about the disabling effects of war and cultural separation, and a hopeful story of a stranger in his native land, finding his way back to all that is familiar and sacred.