Almanac of the Dead (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Historical fiction, Mythological literature, Epic
- Subjects: Culture, Homelessness or homeless people, Folkloric or magical people, Mythology or myths, Revolutionaries, Crime or criminals, Twentieth century, Spiritual life or spirituality, Native Americans or American Indians, Ethnic groups, Violence, Death or dying, Greed, Legends, Drugs, Mexican Americans, Corruption, Witches or witchcraft, Drug trafficking or dealing, Capitalism, Mysticism, Southwest, Mexico or Mexicans, Prophecy or prophets, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, Cocaine, Ecology, Environment or environmental health, Holistic medicine
- Locales: Mexico, New Mexico, Colombia, Tucson, AZ
Almanac of the Dead remains Silko's longest and most ambitious novel, with hundreds of characters populating multiple plot narratives with overlaying cultures. Structuring the book as nineteen books within six parts, Silko truly provides a “Five-Hundred Year Map,” not only literally within the outside covers of the published book but also in the multiple narratives that describe a moral history of North America as individual characters reveal the ideas, the passions, and their own understandings of history. Tucson provides the geographic center of an intersection of cultures...
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