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the hiawatha

A Novel by David Treuer
Picador 2000
320 pages | Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | $14.00
Trade Paperback Fifth Edition ISBN: 0-312-25272-2

“The Hiawatha is a work of secret vision, where what happens on the surface is often just a pale reflection of its characters’ inner lives . . . Treuer seems to be after a way of enlarging his narratives beyond mere human interaction and elevating it to the level of myth.”
—David Ulin, New York Newsday

“A story lyrical in its sadness, one demonstrating that most precious and rare of writerly gifts: the ability to reach equally well into both the heart and the mind of the reader.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“A remarkable novel . . . Treuer tells a story about an extended American Indian family, but it is really an American tale.”
—St Paul Pioneer Press

“Metaphors of destruction, risk, and physical brinkmanship generate a powerful comment on the rootlessness of the Native American, forced to live on the margins of an uncaring society.”
—Lucy Atkins, TLS