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| Original Title: | Laughing Boy |
| ISBN: | 0618446729 (ISBN13: 9780618446723) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Novel (1930) |
Oliver La Farge
Paperback | Pages: 193 pages Rating: 3.74 | 3141 Users | 207 Reviews
List Appertaining To Books Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
| Title | : | Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story |
| Author | : | Oliver La Farge |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 193 pages |
| Published | : | June 5th 2004 by Mariner Books (first published 1929) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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Capturing the essence of the Southwest in 1915, Oliver La Farge's Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel is an enduring American classic. At a ceremonial dance, the young, earnest silversmith Laughing Boy falls in love with Slim Girl, a beautiful but elusive "American"-educated Navajo. As they experience all of the joys and uncertainties of first love, the couple must face a changing way of life and its tragic consequences.Rating Appertaining To Books Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
Ratings: 3.74 From 3141 Users | 207 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
First off, it's a good book. The only reason it isn't getting a five star is that I won't read it a second time, which is the absolute prerequisite to getting full marks from me. Five stars are books I've read or intend to read AT LEAST twice. It won't happen with this one. The reason is that though brilliant, it was at times an arduous read and definitely a depressing one. I'm not a huge fan of tragedies and this is essentially a tragedy on pretty much all levels other than La Farge's obviousBeauty amid TragedyI would never have chosen this book; however, it was the book club assignment. Thank goodness it made the cut! As I am in no way a Native American expert, the rituals, traditions, and way of life presented are taken on faith. The love story, while not surprisingly tragic, will haunt me. Even though the foreshadowing left no doubt that this love would bring pain, it brought peace and growth, as well. LaFarge's facility with language, his exceptional descriptions, and his
I have stalled for a few days now before writing this review. Been extra busy in real life for one thing, but also because after I do a review, I have to acknowledge to myself that the book I have just read is actually finished. Sometimes this is easy to accept, sometimes it is a relief. And other times I don't want to let the world of that particular book go quite so quickly.Laughing Boy fits into the last category. This incredible book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1930. The story is of a
earlier readings: 4 starsThis was my intro to specific Native American tribes. It was definitely not my typical choice of books. I liked it much better the second and third times I read it. A good many years have passed since I last took this off the shelf, so it's probably time to read it again. (And write a more meaningful review.)2018: Maybe, just maybe, I'm beginning to understand something about the Navajo culture and that may be why this story means more to me now than it did when I was
Vacationing in the southwest, we stopped in Ouray, Colorado at the Buckskin Bookstore because we'd heard it has a good selection of Western Literature. I was happy to find Laughing Boy in the "Classics of the West" section because it is one of those books I've always wanted to read but have never gotten around to. I'm glad I waited -- because driving through Navajo country - southwestern Colorado and on into Utah- provided the perfect backdrop for reading a book that is so full of the flavor of
Oliver La Farge won the Pulitzer Prize for Laughing Boy in 1930. This was his first novel about the love between two Navajo Indians and the conflict with the American way of life. The book does provides an interesting perspective into the Navajo way of life, and I give it 3 stars.
Having lived in Arizona for nearly 40 years, I was eager to read this Pulitzer Prize winner for a GR book group. This is the first novel La Farge (an anthropologist) wrote after his studies/travels in the Southwest. The novel gave me food-for-thought because although our favorite hiking trails are in Navajo and Apache counties and we spend our summers in Navajo county, I don't have any friends who are Native American. The Native Americans live separately on The Reservation and come into town for
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