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Title: Laughing Boy by Oliver LA Farge, Oliver LaFarge ISBN: 0-451-52467-5 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: November, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Authentic Navajo Love Story
Comment: I thoroughly enjoyed Oliver LaFarge's book, LAUGHING BOY, because the Navajos were portrayed authentically. There are not many books written that do justice to writing about Native American culture so I was pleasantly surprised to find out a non-Native American had written a novel about the Navajos.
The novel presents the story of a young Navajo couple as they start their lives together. They are in a time when things are changing for their people and their way of life. The Navajos are no longer isolated and free from Anglo influences. The "civilizing" of the Navajos has started and Slim Girl has experienced it already when she meets Laughing Boy.
The couple begin their life amidst this change and encounter other obstacles on their road to total happiness. Laughing Boy is a traditional Navajo and has yet to realize the world outside the reservation and this "innocence" could be Slim Girl's salvation. Slim Girl is out of harmony with herself and with her people. The novel does an excellent job conveying that harmony is the ultimate goal for Laughing Boy and especially, Slim Girl.
The novel is similar to Willa Cather's, MY ANTONIA, in that, the readers may have preferred a different outcome for the characters, but what was written is more profound. I completely enjoyed reading LAUGHING BOY and recommend it to readers who may want to experience true Navajo culture and true love combined.
Rating: 5
Summary: My Favorite Book
Comment: My husband and I lived with the Navajos for 12 years. From 1950 to 1962. We lived in the most isolated parts of the reservation and got to know the Navajos well. I am a cultural anthropologist. This book describes the old time Navajos' way of life and how it was being destroyed by the superimposing Anglo culture, slowly, insidiously. It is also a love story. The Navajo landscape is realistic, every time the dialogue changes, it is written so I can hear a Navajo or a Hopi or an Anglo speaking.
It is a powerful book and one that I have read many times. LaFarge is a poet and he spoke Navajo so he knew their pattern of thinking, their "world view" so to speak. I can't recommend it too highly.
Rating: 5
Summary: When Cultures Collide
Comment: This 1930 Pulitzer Prize novel is a heart-rendering look at young lovers brought together at a time when their world is astir with changes of which neither of them can control nor understand. The emerging culture of Slim Girl who has been given a Christian education clashes with the traditional Navajo norms of Laughing Boy. LaFarge has given powerful glimpes into the lives of these people as it was being played out in the early years of the Twentieth Century. Within this context is a compelling love story that is near poetry as the author gives us an unvarnished look at their struggles.
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Title: Scarlet Sister Mary by A. J. Verdelle, Julia Mood Peterkin ISBN: 0820323772 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder ISBN: 0060088877 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady by Louis Bromfield ISBN: 1888683317 Publisher: Wooster Book Co. Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Lamb in His Bosom (Modern Southern Classics) by Caroline Miller, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese ISBN: 156145074X Publisher: Peachtree Publishers Pub. Date: May, 1993 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: So Big by Edna Ferber ISBN: 0060956690 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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