She Is Beautiful in Her Whole Being (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: N. Scott Momaday
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Navajo Indian Reservation in northeastern Arizona
- Principal Characters: Set, Grey, Lela, Nanibah
- Genres: Short fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Nature, Art or artists, Beauty, Native Americans or American Indians
- Locales: Navajo Indian Reservation, AZ
The Story
It is summer in Lukachukai, a town in northeastern Arizona's Navajo Reservation. Set and Grey have recently begun living together in a hogan near Lela's house, where the family eats and visits together daily. Almost as soon as Set and Grey entered Grey's family life, Set saw that Grey had “assumed an attitude of deep propriety, dignity,” and that she had effortlessly returned to the Navajo habits, dress, styles, and language of her mother's people.
In awe of this woman whom he loves, Set marvels at how swiftly Grey has been transformed before his eyes from...
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