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The Grass Dancer
The Grass Dancer
Author: Susan Power
"The Grass Dancer is astonishing, and not simply because it's Susan Power's first book. It is pure and potent magic, with storytelling that encircles you like wisps of tribal ghosts. It can transport you to a place from which there is no return, until the last page." -Amy Tan
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ISBN: 407656
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 300
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Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Bonnie avatar reviewed The Grass Dancer on + 418 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
If you like this type of book...Native American...this is a good read. I read it many years ago, so I don't remember details, but I liked it enough to read it twice more, and put it on my shelf as a KEEPER.
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Helpful Score: 2
From the lore of her people , the Sioux, Susan Power has forged a remarkable novel, rich with drama and infused with the magic of the everyday. Set on a North Dakota reservation, The Grass Dancer weaves the stories of the old and the young, of broken families, romantic rivals, men and women in love and war. Reaveling the harsh proce of unfulfilled longings and the healing power of mystery and hope , it takes the readers through both past and present -in a tale as a reasonant and haunting as an ancestor's memory , and as promising as a child's dream .
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one of the better books I have read. captivating, story, takes place ona ND Sioux reservation.
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An interesting book where every chapter is told in a different point of view of a different character. It's a bunch of short stories where the timelines jump around but in the end, it all comes together.
Readnmachine avatar reviewed The Grass Dancer on + 1435 more book reviews
Reminiscent of Louisie Erdrick's "Love Mediine", this collection of short stories bounces through time, centering on various incidents in the lives of several inter-related characters. I think my favorite is "Moonwalk", in which the family members of an old woman are seeing her through the last few hours of her life on earth while also keeping an eye on the first televised moonwalk.
hobbitlady avatar reviewed The Grass Dancer on + 23 more book reviews
I absolutely loved this book-full of poetry and set in the West where my heart lies.


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