Winter in the Blood (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Welch
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The early 1970’s
- Setting: Northern Montana
- Principal Characters: The Narrator, Teresa, The old woman, Yellow Calf, First Raise, Mose
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Family literature
- Subjects: 1970’s, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Racism, Native Americans or American Indians, Grandparents or grandchildren
- Locales: Montana
The Novel
Winter in the Blood intertwines the narrator’s tale of passage from a boy to a man with the mysterious story of his grandmother’s role in the Blackfeet tribe’s tragic past. The book consists of four sections of varied lengths and a brief epilogue.
Winter in the Blood begins as the narrator returns home from a drunken escapade to find that Agnes, the woman with whom he has been living, is gone and has stolen his gun and electric razor. Attempting to forget about the woman and his things, the narrator helps his mother and Lame Bull with the...
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