Shaman Winter (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudolfo Anaya
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Supernatural, Dreams, Detectives, Allegory, Identity, New Mexico, Ecology
- Locales: New Mexico
Shaman Winter, the fourth volume in Anaya's Albuquerque quartet, represents the series’ most experimental exploration of the intricate link that Anaya sees between sleuthing and discovering cultural and ethnic identity in a multicultural contemporary world.
As in the other volumes in the quartet, Shaman Winter centers on the confrontation between Sonny Braca, a heroic detective, and his nemesis Raven, an evil cult leader of radical environmental activists, a charismatic chameleon-like power broker who, with fanatic commitment, leads antinuclear protests in...
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