Gardens in the Dunes by Silko Leslie Marmon
A sweeping, multifaceted tale of a young Native American pulled between the cherished traditions of a heritage on the brink of extinction and an encroaching white culture, Gardens in the Dunes is the powerful story of one woman's quest to reconcile two worlds that are diametrically opposed. At the center of this struggle is Indigo, who is ripped from her tribe, the Sand Lizard people, by white soldiers who destroy her home and family. Placed in a government school to learn the ways of a white child, Indigo is rescued by the kind-hearted Hattie and her worldly husband, Edward, who undertake to transform this complex, spirited girl into a proper young lady. Bit by bit, and through a wondrous journey that spans the European continent, traipses through the jungles of Brazil, and returns to the rich desert of Southwest America, Indigo bridges the gap between the two forces in her life and teaches her adoptive parents as much as, if not more than, she learns from them.Leslie Marmon Silko was born in 1948 into a family of Mexican, Laguna Native, and European ancestors. She has stated that the quest to define what it means to be a half-breed or mixed-blood person is at the heart of her writing. Her great-grandmother and other female relatives taught her about the Laguna people's stories and traditions as she grew up on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. With the receipt of her B.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780684863320 |
| ISBN 10 | 0684863324 |
| Title | Gardens in the Dunes |
| Author | Silko Leslie Marmon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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