Griever (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Gerald R. Vizenor
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Experimental
- Time of Work: The early 1980’s
- Setting: Tianjin and Beijing, China
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Tricks
- Locales: China
Characters Discussed
Griever de Hocus, a fair-skinned mixed- blood from the White Earth Reservation. He merges through dreams with the trickster of Chinese mythology, the Monkey King. As the combination Native American trickster/Monkey King, he re-imagines the world, invents a nonspatial, nontemporal existence, and attacks the hypocrisies of the Chinese as well as his fellow American exchange teachers and the human race in general. He is the son of a gypsy whose “Universal Hocus Crown” caravan stopped long enough at the reservation to sell plastic icons, miniature grails,...
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