I Heard the Owl Call My Name

作者 Margaret Craven作者
出版社 Dell
出版时间 1980年1月
ISBN 0440343690 或 9780440343691
定价 46.13

内容简介

AmidthegrandeuroftheremotePacificNorthweststandsKingcome,avillagesoancientthat,accordingtoKwakiutlmyth,itwasfoundedbythetwobrothersleftonearthafterthegreatflood.TheNativeAmericanswhostilllivetherecallitQuee,aplaceofsuchincrediblenaturalrichnessthathuntingandfishingremainprimaryfoodsources.Buttheoldcultureoftotemsandpotlatchisbeingreplacesbyanewcultureofprefabhousingandalcoholism.Kingcome'syoungergenerationisdisenchantedandalienatedfromitsheritage.Andnow,comingupriverisayoungvicar,MarkBrian,onajourneyofdiscoverythatcanteachhim—andus—aboutlife,death,andthetransformingpoweroflove.

作者简介

MargaretCraven(1901–1980)wastheauthorofthemuch-lovedAmericanclassicIHeardtheOwlCallMyName.Shealsowroteanothernovel,WalkGentlyThisGoodEarth;anautobiography,AgainCallstheOwl;andashort-storycollection,TheHomeFront.

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