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Indlæser... Carnival Lights (2021)af Chris Stark
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In August 1969, two teenage Ojibwe cousins, Sher and Kris, leave their northern Minnesota reservation for the lights of Minneapolis. The girls arrive in the city with only 12, their grandfather's WWII pack, two stainless steel cups, some face makeup, gum, and a lighter. But it's the ancestral connections they are also carrying - to the land and trees, to their family and culture, to love and loss - that shapes their journey most. As they search for work, they cross paths with a gay Jewish boy, homeless white and Indian women, and men on the prowl for runaways. Making their way to the Minnesota State Fair, the Indian girls try to escape a fate set in motion centuries earlier. _x000D_ Set in a summer of hippie Vietnam War protests and the moon landing, Carnival Lights also spans settler arrival in the 1800s, the creation of the reservation system, and decades of cultural suppression, connecting everything from lumber barons' mansions to Nazi V-2 rockets to smuggler's tunnels in creating a narrative history of Minnesota. _x000D_ "Fluid in time and place, Carnival Lights flows between one past and another, offering a heartbreaking portrait of multigenerational trauma in the lives of one Ojibwe family, this tapestry of stories is beautifully woven and gut-wrenching in its effect. Read it, and it may change you forever." -- William Kent Krueger, New York Times Bestselling Author _x000D_ "Chris Stark's newest novel explores the evolution of violence experienced by Native women. Simultaneously graphic and gentle, Carnival Lights takes the reader on a daunting journey through generations of trauma, crafting characters that are both vulnerable and resilient." -- Sarah Deer, (Mvskoke), Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, MacArthur Genius Award Recipient _x000D_ "Carnival Lights is a heartbreaking wonder of gorgeous prose and urgent story. It
propels the reader at a breathless pace as history crashes down on the readers as much as it does on the book's vivid characters. The author's brilliant heart restores their dignity and via the realm of imagination, brings them home." -- Mona Susan Power, author of The Grass Dancer, a PEN/Hemingway Winner _x000D_ Learn more at www.ChristineStark.com _x000D_ From the Reflections of America Series at Modern History Press. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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Two teens run away from the reservation up north to Minneapolis. They have good reasons to leave but have only twelve dollars upon arrival. Vietnam War protests, Bob Dylan songs, the first man on the moon, the Minnesota State Fair are going on as they try to find places to sleep and food to eat.
The author shows how family and society problems can spiral through the generations, for all of us, not just Sher and Kris. This is a profound book I will never forget. I highly recommend Carnival Lights. ( )