| Author: | Robert Mayer | ISBN: | 9781612320533 |
| Publisher: | Speaking Volumes | Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Mayer |
| ISBN: | 9781612320533 |
| Publisher: | Speaking Volumes |
| Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The Long Walk of the Navajos continues in Sweet Salt, a novel of beauty and endurance by Robert Mayer.
Monument Valley is home to Nina Yazzie, a Navajo girl becoming a Navajo woman. In throbbing rhythms live with her through a hectic ride to a hospital at Tuba City. Bear the pain of the child within her, struggling to be born prematurely; witness her father, Not-So-Fast, who carries within him the curse of a wolf girl; her grandfather, One-Blue-Eye, who speaks in riddles of the wisdom of the Navajo Nation; and Michael, an anglo doctor, who treats her after a suicide attempt and becomes her friend, her confidant.
With her sheep as companions, walk with the child Nina through Monument Valley. With the older Nina, walk through Santa Fe, a city that seduces her to art and to love.
Praise for Robert Mayer
“Ambitious, imaginative... A rich cultural and psychological account. ...The Navajo rituals are fascinating.”—Albuquerque Journal
"Very rewarding and even a little hypnotic."—Santa Fe Reporter
"Mayer has the journalist's eye and the poet's touch."—Detroit News
The Long Walk of the Navajos continues in Sweet Salt, a novel of beauty and endurance by Robert Mayer.
Monument Valley is home to Nina Yazzie, a Navajo girl becoming a Navajo woman. In throbbing rhythms live with her through a hectic ride to a hospital at Tuba City. Bear the pain of the child within her, struggling to be born prematurely; witness her father, Not-So-Fast, who carries within him the curse of a wolf girl; her grandfather, One-Blue-Eye, who speaks in riddles of the wisdom of the Navajo Nation; and Michael, an anglo doctor, who treats her after a suicide attempt and becomes her friend, her confidant.
With her sheep as companions, walk with the child Nina through Monument Valley. With the older Nina, walk through Santa Fe, a city that seduces her to art and to love.
Praise for Robert Mayer
“Ambitious, imaginative... A rich cultural and psychological account. ...The Navajo rituals are fascinating.”—Albuquerque Journal
"Very rewarding and even a little hypnotic."—Santa Fe Reporter
"Mayer has the journalist's eye and the poet's touch."—Detroit News
