The Woman at Otowi Crossing (Paperback, Rev Ed)

Based on the real life of Edith Warner, who ran a tearoom at Otowi Crossing, just below Los Alamos, The Woman at Otowi Crossing is the story of Helen Chalmer, a person in tune with her adopted environment and her neighbors in the nearby Indian pueblo and also a friend of the first atomic scientists. The secret evolution of atomic research is a counterpoint to her psychic development. In keeping with its tradition of allowing the best of its list to thrive, Ohio University Press/Swallow Press is particularly proud to reissue The Woman at Otowi Crossing by best-selling author Frank Waters. This new edition features an introduction by Professor Thomas J. Lyon and a foreword by the author's widow, Barbara Waters. The story is quintessential Waters: a parable for the potentially destructive materialism of the mid-twentieth century. The antidote is Helen Chalmer's ability to understand a deeper truth of her being; beyond the Western notion of selfhood, beyond the sense of a personality distinct from the rest, she experiences a new and wider awareness. The basis for an opera of the same name, The Woman at Otowi Crossing is the powerful story of the crossing of cultures and lives: a fable for our times.

General

Imprint:	Swallow Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1987
First published:	August 1987
Authors:	Frank Waters
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	314
Edition:	Rev Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8040-0893-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-8040-0893-0
Barcode:	9780804008938

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