Crazy Weather
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (806 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1940436052 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Shagbark said An undiscovered classic. This little-known book is, IMHO, one of the greatest books ever written. Reading it as a boy, I was puzzled by how it made everything seem so real in so few words - everything in it seems to have a life off-camera that we had just glimpsed part of.. Informative, and a good story too A Customer Having recently moved to Mohave County in Arizona (not far from the Colorado River), I was interested in reading "Crazy Weather" to get a little of the "flavor" of the area, and to learn something about the Mojave Indian culture as well. The book lived up to my hopes in both of those respects, but what surprised me was how absorbed I became . D. Barr said Deep Like The River. South Boy goes with his friend Havek on a Mojave name-quest. It sounds simple -- but under the surface is a breath-taking wealth of experience, mythology and understanding of the many personalities in one person, or one horse, or one culture. Every sentence of this book is laden with knowledge of its time and place. Even the mention of the "
Le Guin explains how she finds Crazy Weather to be about a soul not at home and not at peace: South Boy, who on the verge of manhood is living in and between two worlds, without a clear way to go in either.” Crazy Weather is a unique tale of American identity that serves as an important document in our cultural history.”. Ursula K. Le Guin selected Crazy Weather for her contribution to Pharos Editions citing Charles McNichols offhanded skill, the ease with which (he) takes us deep into a complex society and the complex minds and hearts of its people.” In four days of "glory-hunting" with an Indian comrade, South Boy, who is white, realizes he must choose between two cultures
Almost within the Greek unties of time, place, and action, he has given us an unforgettable story which embraces the entire Mojave culture."" —Chicago Sun Book Week ""Crazy Weather belongs with our best beloved stories of a boy's growing up. It is a reminder that racial enmities would die out in a single generation if they weren't kept alive by tradition and adults."" —New York Times ""The story of the white boy who runs away from Civilization with his Indian brother appears often in American literary history from Natty Bumpo to the Lone Ranger; but McNichols tells a more mature story