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The Almanac of the Dead
The Almanac of the Dead: A Novel | Leslie Marmon Silko
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A tour de force examination of the historical conflict between Native and Anglo Americans by critically acclaimed author Leslie Marmon Silko, under the hot desert sun of the American Southwest. In this virtuoso symphony of character and culture, Leslie Marmon Silkos breathtaking novel interweaves ideas and lives, fate and history, passion and conquest in an attempt to re-create the moral history of the Americas as told from the point of view of the conquered, not the conquerors. Touching on issues as disparate as the borderlands drug wars, ecological devastation committed for the benefit of agriculture, and the omnipresence of talking heads on American daytime television, The Almanac of the Dead is fiction on the grand scale, a sweeping epic of displacement, intrigue, and violent redemption.
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ReadingEnvy
ReadingEnvy
Almanac of the Dead: A Novel | Leslie Marmon Silko
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Mehso-so

It was one of my goals to read more indigenous authors in 2020, but I've decided to withhold judgment on Leslie Marmon Silko until I've read her other works. I know better than to punish a writer or a novel for not being wh
at I wanted but this doesn't match the cover blurb or what I was hoping for. ↘️

ReadingEnvy Instead of a family or community saga saturated in characters from indigenous backgrounds, it is a novel about government corruption, police corruption, drug trafficking, people trafficking, unethical business practices, and people who place no value on lives other than their own. Most of the characters are white men and the author puts the reader inside their narratives, leaving me read from uncomfortable perspectives page after page after page. 4y
ReadingEnvy Most of the novel takes place in Tuscon but some characters and chapters are in Mexico, elsewhere in Arizona, maybe California. Current events are eco-tourism, the early hints of the Internet (the novel is published in 1991), the AIDS crisis, and the ongoing commercial failures of the industries who had moved into Tuscon and Phoenix. ↘️ 4y
ReadingEnvy CW rape, murder, suicide, drugs, harm to children, harm to animals, kidnapping, etc. This book is dark and reminded me of the experience readinghe time I got back to the characters I initially felt invested in, I didn't care as much about them after they'd been absent for 500 pages.
4y
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BookishMarginalia
BookishMarginalia
Almanac of the Dead: A Novel | Leslie Marmon Silko
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I‘m struggling with my focus lately, but for those of us who can tackle a big juicy book right now, here are some worthy suggestions: https://apple.news/ADMYXBb3HQM64YX7eYtbZvQ

Keep safe and #StayHome to #FlattenTheCurve

PS Both humans and all six cats in this #BradentonFL household are safe, healthy, and (mostly) calm. #CheckIn

Lreads I‘m so glad both of you and your kitties are safe! 💕 5y
BookishMarginalia @QuietlyLaura Thanks! 💜 Hope you are too! 5y
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silentrequiem
silentrequiem
Almanac of the Dead: A Novel | Leslie Marmon Silko
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There was a pop up book shop at Bike in Coffee this morning. I bought the tagged book.

Tamra What a delightful surprise - I‘m envious! 5y
Tanisha_A Looks lovely! 5y
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JamieArc
JamieArc
The Almanac of the Dead: A Novel | Leslie Marmon Silko
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@JoeStalksBeck In no particular order, and ever-changing.

EchoLogical Octavia Butler and Jacqueline Woodson! 7y
JamieArc @EchoLogical Yep! Writers I think everyone needs to read! 7y
EchoLogical @JamieArc I haven't made one of these lists yet because I can't narrow it down to 10. 😂 7y
JoeStalksBeck Love this!! 7y
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Debiw781
Debiw781
The Almanac of the Dead: A Novel | Leslie Marmon Silko
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#junebookbugs #indigenousauthors I've added this one to my TBR pile as it sounds intriguing.

@RealLifeReading

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hwheaties
hwheaties
Almanac of the Dead: A Novel | Leslie Marmon Silko
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I just can't help myself. I loved Ceremony so much, I ordered this (plus Alyssa Harad recommended it on Twitter). Can't wait to fall back into Silko's world and words.

Nebklvr Ceremony was excellent 8y
LauraBeth I read this a LONG time ago and loved it! 8y
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