Description

The Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece set against the landscape of the American Southwest.
‘Superb’ New York Times

A young Native American, Abel has come home to New Mexico from war to find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his grandfather’s, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of his people. But the other world – modern, industrial America – pulls at Abel, demanding his loyalty, claiming his soul, and goading him into a destructive, compulsive cycle of depravity and despair.

An American classic, House Made of Dawn is simultaneously a tragic and hopeful tale about a stranger in his native land, finding his way back to all that is familiar and sacred.

Publisher Review

Superb * NEW YORK TIMES * Both a masterpiece about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native American literature ... A beautiful artistic object, a book everyone should read for the joy and emotion of the language it contains * PARIS REVIEW * Authentic and powerful ... Anyone who picks up this novel and reads the first paragraph will be hard-pressed to put it down * CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER * As subtly wrought as a piece of Navajo silverware * NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS *