Drowning in Fire (Sun Tracks)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816521689 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 294 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Engaging literature Craig Womack's first fiction novel, "Drowning in Fire" reads at once like a familiar story told numerous times by your grandmother and like the exciting first experience with a new adventure. The writing is poetic and captivating, as are the inter-twined stories. Mr. Womack writes in a unique style combining stream-of-consciousness memory recall, brilliant use of local dialects and languages, and colorful characters lovingly described. The book reads like a first-hand account of personal history. It is a "can't put it down" page turner and a "I must re-read that page severa. Jay Stevens said Raw. A structural disaster. Flat protagonists. Yet promising, uplifting, earnest and true.. A sliver here, a shard there, a piece fallen under the couch and pushed to the side. Assemble these moments and spread them out on the floor. Look: There's turn-of-the-century Oklahoma and the Creek resistance to statehood. Here's a tension-filled scene of sexuality, boyhood, a near-drowning on a lazy summer day. An old woman who used to play bebop in roadhouses. A Sherman-Alexie-like family of Native American poseurs/clowns who stubbornly and humorously cling to a white evangelical church in an utterly incompetent, utterly naive attempt to assimilate and somehow connect to. S.R. said Brilliant Novel. I wrote a conference paper involving this book, and I'm glad I took my professor's suggestion of picking up this book. I won't mention much of the plot or narrative here one must read the novel in order to grasp the narrative structures Womack erects.First, if you are interested in Native American/Indigenous North American literature, you will know Womack's name. But I've found that not many have actually read this particular book. Do it. It is of the same quality as Silko's Ceremony.Second, if you are interested in Queer/Gay Men's literature, read this book. It is situate
Josh yearns for Jimmy's friendship and is attracted to the basketball player's maturing body. of Lethbridge, Alberta; Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism) has fashioned a satisfying and well-written novel. . When Jimmy actually introduces Josh to sex, it repels him. Egan, Enoch Pratt Free Lib., Baltimore Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. But a chance meeting 20 years later between the two former friends eventually develops into a loving relationship. Womack (Native American studies, Univ. Studious, thin, and effeminate, Josh is ridiculed by the other boys in his small town except the athletic and popular Jimmy Alexander, who includes the outcast in basketball games and swimming in the nearby lake. B
Driven by a need to understand himself and his history, Josh struggles to reconcile the conflicting voices he hears—from the messages of sin and scorn of the non-Indian Christian churches his parents attend in order to assimilate, to the powerful stories of his older Creek relatives, which have been the center of his upbringing, memory, and ongoing experience.In his fevered and passionate dreams, Josh catches a glimpse of something that makes the Muskogee Creek world come alive. Josh Henneha has always been a traveler,<