King, Thomas (Vol. 171) - Blanca Chester (essay date summer-autumn 1999)
Blanca Chester (essay date summer-autumn 1999)
SOURCE: Chester, Blanca. “Green Grass, Running Water: Theorizing the World of the Novel.” Canadian Literature 161-162 (summer-autumn 1999): 44-61.
[In the following essay, Chester argues that by integrating Native American stories into novel form in Green Grass, Running Water, King has recreated them and, in turn, the stories continue to recreate the world.]
When I tell the story, a lot of times I like to tell something, then I find that I switch to another one. And I couldn't help it. I got to tell that. In that way, it takes longer. But they important stories anyway.
Harry Robinson1
DIALOGIC INTERACTIONS
Thomas King's short story collection One Good Story, That One and his novel Green Grass, Running Water both pay homage to the distinctive voice of the Okanagan...
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