People of the whale : a novel / Linda Hogan.

By:

Hogan, Linda

Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 303 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780393064575
0393064573
9780393335347

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

813/.54 22

LOC classification:

PS3558.O34726 P46 2008

Summary: Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	PS3558 .O34726 P46 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001270148

Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.

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