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.

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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.