Fools Crow (Contemporary American Fiction)
 

Fools Crow (Contemporary American Fiction)

by James Welch

The year is 1870, and Fool's Crow, so called after he killed the chief of the Crows during a raid, has a vision at the annual Sun Dance ceremony. The young warrior sees the end of the Indian way of life and the choice that must be made: resistance or humiliating accommodation. "A major contibution to Native American literature."--Wallace Stegner. (read review)

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This was an outstanding novel. While Alexie gets most of the praise as "the Native writer of our time" I enjoy Welch just the same.

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  • codou

    codou said:

    to what extent is it a bildungsroman?

    posted Thursday, February 7 2008
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