Crazy Weather
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1940436052 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ursula K. Le Guin selected Crazy Weather for her contribution to Pharos Editions citing Charles McNichols offhanded skill, the ease with which (he) takes us deep into a complex society and the complex minds and hearts of its people.” In four days of "glory-hunting" with an Indian comrade, South Boy, who is white, realizes he must choose between two cultures. Le Guin explains how she finds Crazy Weather to be about a soul not at home and not at peace: South Boy, who on the verge of manhood is living in and between two worlds, without a clear way to go in either.” Crazy Weather is a unique tale of American identity that serves as an important document in our cultural history.”
But it is a story for adults in every sense of the word. A splendid piece of fiction that can stand up in any company of contemporary novels."" —New York Times Book Review ""One might almost say that Indian tales in America run the gamut from the romanticism of James Fenimore Cooper to the brilliant realism of Charles L McNichols. McNichols belongs in the great tradition of storytellers."" —New York Herald Tribune ""The book has anthropological interest and t is filled with good bits of psychology. ""This is the story of a boy who became a man in four days. Almost within the Greek unties of time, place, and action, he has given us an unforgettable story which embraces the entire Mojave culture."" —Chicago Sun Book Week ""Crazy Weather belongs with our best beloved stories of a boy's gr
Shagbark said An undiscovered classic. This little-known book is, IMHO, one of the greatest books ever written. Reading it as a boy, I was puzzled by how it made everything seem so real in so few words - everything in it seems to have a life off-camera that we had just glimpsed part of.. Informative, and a good story too Having recently moved to Mohave County in Arizona (not far from the Colorado River), I was interested in reading "Crazy Weather" to get a little of the "flavor" of the area, and to learn something about the Mojave Indian culture as well. The book lived up to my hopes in both of those respects, but what surprised me was how absorbed I became in the story itself. On one level, it's a simple adventure story involving South Boy (who's actually white but was partially. Deep Like The River D. Barr South Boy goes with his friend Havek on a Mojave name-quest. It sounds simple -- but under the surface is a breath-taking wealth of experience, mythology and understanding of the many personalities in one person, or one horse, or one culture. Every sentence of this book is laden with knowledge of its time and place. Even the mention of the "little yellow catfish," about which no more is said than that they "make good eating," reflects the fact that in this period