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Almanac of the Dead di Leslie Silko
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Almanac of the Dead (originale 1991; edizione 1992)

di Leslie Silko (Autore)

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Fiction. Literature. HTML: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 Silko's 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.… (altro)
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Titolo:Almanac of the Dead
Autori:Leslie Silko (Autore)
Info:Penguin (1992), 768 pages
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A prescient and complex tale of interconnected criminal and American Indian families around Tuscon Arizona, 'city of thieves'. A theme of the book is European injustice and violence towards Indians, and a prophesied end of European influence in the Americas.

Written in 1991 there are references to cybercrime, increasing natural disasters, ecoterrorism, water shortages and economic depression, the absolute callousness of the rich to the poor, increasing psychosis among white people. It could have been written about today (2023); if anything it has become more relevant over time. ( )
  questbird | Apr 3, 2023 |
Most of the reviews on LT about this book all mention the length, and the disconnectedness of the narrative - both criticisms are on the money, but shouldn't keep you from reading the book. Length shouldn't matter if the book is good enough. The disconnectedness of the narrative did feel taxing about midway through the book, as I wasn't invested in some of the characters and stories - the early story, which loops back in is easily the best. But Silko is so far underappreciated in the literary world that I didn't waver in my conviction to continue. And, even in the darkest and most difficult pages, Silko always rewards the convicted reader with something. The mystical air and social justice foundation is evocative, especially as it's set in the Hispanic and Native communities, which is relatively unusual. The narrative follows different strands of those communities, spiraling back into the historical context of each. ( )
  blackdogbooks | May 2, 2021 |
I'm sad to say I gave up on this book about 100 pages in -- it was too depressing, and didn't have enough of a hook for me. ( )
  elenaj | Jul 31, 2020 |
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  BatSands | Dec 26, 2019 |
Before I read it, I heard this book was long, and BOY IS IT FUCKIN' LONG, Y'ALL. It's so, so long, and I would say the last third sort of feels like you're circling around a drain, slowly. It's certainly a beast to behold, and Silko does a great job of building up to her climax. It's also uh graphic as HELL--at one point, I described it as "indigenous Game of Thrones in Tucson" and I honestly stand by that, so please be wary as you approach this. If there's a trigger warning you can think of, this book has it. But it was definitely an adventure, and one that I will be chewing on for a while to come. ( )
  aijmiller | Apr 21, 2018 |
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Fiction. Literature. HTML: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 Silko's 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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