Almanac of the Dead (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social criticism
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: Arizona and Mexico
- Principal Characters: Lecha, Sterling, Seese, Menardo, David
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Culture
- Locales: Mexico
Form and Content
In every sense of the word, Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead is a big book. Its size is not only a question of length, though this frequently superficial manner of gauging a work’s significance is not entirely irrelevant here, as this novel’s length provides a preliminary measure of its ambition and scope. Its cast of characters ranges from the unassuming Pueblo gardener Sterling to the shamanistic Wilson Weazel Tail; from Lecha, the militant keeper of the almanac, to Menardo, the Mexican plutocrat; and from the mafioso Sonny Blue...
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