The best stories create traditions, and this novel by celebrated
Native American writer Gerald Vizenor is a marvelous conjunction of
trickster stories and literary ingenuity. Chair of Tears is funny,
fierce, ironic, and deadly serious, a sendup of sacred poses,
cultural pretensions, and familiar places from reservations to
universities. The novel begins with generous stories about Captain
Eighty, his young wife, the poker-playing genius named Quiver, and
their children and grandchildren who live on a rustic houseboat.
Captain Shammer, an extraordinary grandson reared on the houseboat
and with no formal education, is appointed the chairman of a
troubled Department of Native American Indian Studies at a
prominent university. Shammer is a natural enterpriser and ironic
showman in the tradition of trickster stories. He arrives at the
first faculty meeting dressed in the uniform of Gen. George
Armstrong Custer. Native students celebrate his conversion of the
department into an academic poker parlor and casino, and a panic
radio station. The most sensational enterprise is the training of
service mongrels to detect the absence of irony. An irresistible
novel of original ideas, Chair of Tears gets to the heart of
questions about identity politics, multiculturalism, pedantry, and
timely virtues.
General
| Imprint: |
Bison Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Native Storiers: A Series of American Narratives |
| Release date: |
February 2012 |
| First published: |
March 2012 |
| Authors: |
Gerald Vizenor
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
152 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8032-3840-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-8032-3840-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780803238404 |
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