Storyteller - Hardcover

Silko, Leslie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394515897 ISBN 13: 9780394515892

Publisher: distributed by Grove Press, 1981

Synopsis

Leslie Marmon Silko's groundbreaking book Storyteller, first published in 1981, blends original short stories and poetry influenced by the traditional oral tales that she heard growing up on the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico with autobiographical passages, folktales, family memories, and photographs. As she mixes traditional and Western literary genres, Silko examines themes of memory, alienation, power, and identity; communicates Native American notions regarding time, nature, and spirituality; and explores how stories and storytelling shape people and communities. Storyteller illustrates how one can frame collective cultural identity in contemporary literary forms, as well as illuminates the importance of myth, oral tradition, and ritual in Silko's own work.

About this edition

• Publisher: distributed by Grove Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0394515897
• ISBN 13: 9780394515892
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 278