Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

Night of the living rez / Morgan Talty.

by Talty, Morgan, 1991-

View full image

Tin House, 2022.

Penobscot Indians -- Fiction.

Maine -- Fiction.

9781953534187 (trade pbk.)

285 p. ; 22 cm.

Burn -- In a jar -- Get me some medicine -- Food for the common cold -- In a field of stray caterpillars -- The blessing tobacco -- Safe harbor -- Smokes last -- Half-life -- Earth, speak -- Night of the living rez -- The name means thunder.

"Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy. In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty -- with searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight -- breathes life into tales of family and a community as they struggle with a painful past and an uncertain future. A boy unearths a jar that holds an old curse, which sets into motion his family's unraveling; a man, while trying to swindle some pot from a dealer, discovers a friend passed out in the woods, his hair frozen into the snow; a grandmother suffering from Alzheimer's projects the past onto her grandson; and two friends, inspired by Antiques Roadshow, attempt to rob the tribal museum for valuable root clubs. A collection that examines the consequences and merits of inheritance, Night of the Living Rez is an unforgettable portrayal of an Indigenous community and marks the arrival of a standout talent in contemporary fiction"--From publisher.

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal