Songs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the Southwest
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Filled with "honest" writing and "wise" observations, "Russell's well-written essays describe her life as an urban immigrant to the rural Southwest" (Library Journal).In 1981, newlywed Sharman Apt... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0201570939
ISBN13:9780201570939
Release Date:July 1991
Publisher:Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"
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Americas Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Criticism & Theory Cultural History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Native American Politics & Social Sciences Regional U.S. Social Science Social Sciences Specific Groups State & Local West Women Women Writers Women's StudiesCustomer Reviews
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Moving collection of essays about author's life in the SW.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
In this lovely collection of essays, the author, Russell, explores the relationship between the American search for mythological Home to the landscape, the community and the self. In her title essay, she writes about memories of her father, a former test pilot in the Air Force, who died while setting a new speed record in the X-2 over another desert in California, when Russell was still a child. Her memories of him are recovered through her exploration of the image of the Kokopelli man, part of the mythological landscape of the Southwest that she struggles to identify with in this search for Home. In the other essays, Russell tries to balance her utopian ideal of a quiet, slow-paced life in a small rural community with the reality of the isolation and financial struggle of raising a family and building a home in the harsh, though stunningly beautiful, landscape of the Southwest desert, along with the politics and problems that arise in their eccentric and somewhat transitory community. Russell writes to understand, to make meaning--and the writing seems to discover itself over and over, allowing the reader a fresh journey, no matter the number of readings. Beautiful language
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