Ledfeather

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Ledfeather

First Edition Cover
Author Stephen Graham Jones
Cover artist Jacket design by
Country United States
Language English
Genre Novel
Publisher FC2
Publication date
 August 8, 2008
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 216 pp (first edition, paperback)
Preceded by Demon Theory
Followed by The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti

Ledfeather is a 2008 novel by Native American author Stephen Graham Jones, published by FC2 (Fiction Collective Two).

Plot summary

A young Blackfoot man discovers the 1883 letters of an Indian Agent, whose decisions have "impacted the lives of generations of Blackfeet Indians."[1]

Characters in Ledfeather

Doby Saxon 
a Blackfoot living on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation

Motifs

"Cyclical stuff, iterations, rhythm (which is just repetition with variance)—I can’t seem to stay away from it," was the author's comment in a 2008 interview with Rain Taxi online.[2]

Reception

Foreword Reviews described the work as "hallucinogenic lyricism and a nonlinear narrative."[3]

Lit Pub reviewer Edward J. Rathke found the novel to be a remedy for heartbreak: "The next thing I knew, the sun was rising and my heart was breaking, but in a good way, the way that resurrects you, that shows you everything you forgot to pay attention to, forgot to remember, and I closed it because it was done, again, finished for the third time, and I could’ve turned back to page one and began again, which is how the first two readings happened, in consecutive days, because this book burns you, burrows deep, and smolders, lives, reconnects cells, and balances chemistry."[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ledfeather by Stephen Graham Jones - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads. Retrieved 2012-12-10. 
  2. ↑ Gavin Pate (2008). "Surviving the Wolverines: An interview with Stephen Graham Jones". RAIN TAXI o n l i n e (Fall). Retrieved 2012-12-10. 
  3. ↑ "Book Review: LedFeather". ForeWord Reviews. Retrieved 2012-12-10. 
  4. ↑ Edward J. Rathke. "Ledfeather". The Lit Pub. Retrieved 2012-12-10. 

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