{"product_id":"waterlily-paperback-softback-9780803219045","title":"Waterlily (Paperback \/ softback) 9780803219045","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWaterlily\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElla Cara Deloria (Author), Susan Gardner (Introduction by), Raymond J. DeMallie (Afterword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803219045\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Exquisite evocation, in novelistic form, of the life of a female Dakota (Sioux) in the mid-nineteenth century, before whites settled the plains. . . . An unself-conscious and never precious or quaint pairing of scholarship and fiction.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"[Deloria's] novel is a distinguished work of literature at the same time that it is an important exercise in historical reconstruction, based on her wide and deep study of Dakota texts.\"—\u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Waterlily is by one who knows the culture from within, and in its instruction about Dakota ethnography the book strikes me . . . as wonderfully fine. Day to day life of the traditional Dakota is rendered in sympathetic detail.\"—Arnold Krupat, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Deloria tells universal truths cast in an authentic framework of early nineteenth-century Plains Indian society. . . . The feminine point of view is genius.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the West\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Ella Deloria was an original, creative, esteemed Native scholar, and a novelist. Waterlily is a singular, spirited family story of the Dakota. The cultural scenes in this novel are as beautiful as the water lilies.\"—Gerald Vizenor, author of \u003ci\u003eBear Island: The War at Sugar Point\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"No one is better qualified than Deloria to draw together a series of Sioux female characters such as the ones central to this novel. . . . Deloria was bilingual as well as bicultural. Through her work we see the value of the insider's perspective as a bridge of understanding for those outside the culture.\"—Ines Talamantez, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Exquisite evocation, in novelistic form, of the life of a female Dakota (Sioux) in the mid-nineteenth century, before whites settled the plains. . . . An unself-conscious and never precious or quaint pairing of scholarship and fiction.”\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Blue Bird and her grandmother leave their family’s camp to gather beans for the long, threatening winter, they inadvertently avoid the horrible fate that befalls the rest of the family. Luckily, the two women are adopted by a nearby Dakota community and are eventually integrated into their kinship circles. Ella Cara Deloria’s tale follows Blue Bird and her daughter, Waterlily, through the intricate kinship practices that created unity among her people.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaterlily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, published after Deloria’s death and generally viewed as the masterpiece of her career, offers a captivating glimpse into the daily life of the nineteenth-century Sioux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new Bison Books edition features an introduction by Susan Gardner and an index. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher's Preface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWaterlily\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBiographical Sketch of the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAfterword\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676665868568,"sku":"9780803219045","price":12.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/waterlily-paperback-softback-9780803219045","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}