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Title: Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko ISBN: 1-55970-005-X Publisher: General Pub. Date: 28 April, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: some good, some bad
Comment: STORYTELLER is a collection of short stories rooted in Native American culture written by Leslie Marmon Silko. The first thing that strikes me about STORYTELLER is the way the book is formatted. Normally, the reader shouldn't pay attention to it; it generally has ntohing to do with the book. However, in STORYTELLER, it is a signal to the audience that this collection of writings is going to be personal, and based on the importance of oral tradition. The text flows around the page as if it was spoken word. Intimate family pictures compliment various stories for a very personal feeling...
...unfortunately, many of the stories didn't live up to my expectations. While some stories, like the title story, were interesting, many were too vague to me, as a cultural outsider, to understand. I wasn't really connected with Tony and his friend in the story of the oppressive state trooper, after they start to believe he is an evil spirit. I start to look at it in an overly critical way because I wouldn't say the officer is possessed, I would reason that he's simply racist. This is definitely geared toward those interested in Native American cultural studies, but not necessarily appealing to the general public.
Rating: 5
Summary: A first, now a classic
Comment: Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller was the first of its kind--a combination of fiction, poetry, family history, oral tradition from her own and other Native American communities, photographs--woven together to create a sense of personal, cultural, feminist, and human identity. Others have adopted some of her techniques, but Storyteller ranks as a classic work of Native American and American literature--and a great read.
Rating: 3
Summary: A different book
Comment: The format is unusual: poems, short stories, personal accounts, photographs, all intermingled through the pages. The book shape is unusual (landscape vs the conventional portrait). The poems and songs were not lined up, but the stanzas were scattered through the page. Very interesting, and i am happy that i've read it, but i think this book was trying too hard to be different, and that took away from the content.
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Title: YELLOW WOMAN AND A BEAUTY OF THE SPIRIT by Leslie Marmon Silko ISBN: 0684827077 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Ceremony (Contemporary American Fiction Series) by Leslie Marmon Silko ISBN: 0140086838 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Almanac of the Dead: A Novel by Leslie Silko, Leslie Marmon Silko ISBN: 0140173196 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: House Made of Dawn (Perennial Classics) by N. Scott Momaday ISBN: 0060931949 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: GARDENS IN THE DUNES: A Novel by Leslie Silko ISBN: 0684863324 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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