Winter in the Blood (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Welch
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Novel
- 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
Winter in the Blood, Welch's first novel, met with almost unanimous critical acclaim, establishing its author as a major novelist. Narrated by its unnamed protagonist, a thirty-two-year-old Blackfeet Indian man, the story develops in a series of aimless adventures in dusty towns and bars on the edge of the reservation. The narrator, searching half-heartedly for the girlfriend who has run off with his rifle and electric razor, appears only marginally interested in his own actions. His father and brother, the only people with whom he had ever been close, are both dead, but he is...
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