- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Harper Perennial; 1 Reprint edition (Sep 25 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060977280
- ISBN-13: 978-0060977283
- Product Dimensions: 18.2 x 12.7 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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#103,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #27 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States > Native American
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From Publishers Weekly
Velma Wallis tells a version of a Native American legend in Bird Girl: And the Man Who Followed the Sun. Her protagonists, the youth Daagoo and the maiden Jutthunvaar (known as Bird Girl), try to be free-spirited individualists in the bitter northern land near the Yukon, but they meet a harsh fate. Attempting to achieve the simple style so eloquent in folk tales, Wallis instead produces a dry, strangely affectless story.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
With the publication of Two Old Women, Velma Wallis firmly established herself as one of the most important voices in Native American writing. A national bestseller, her empowering fable won the Western State Book Award in 1993 and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award in 1994. Translated into 16 languages, it went on to international success, quickly reaching bestseller status in Germany. To date, more than 350,000 copies have been sold worldwide.
Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun follows in this bestselling tradition. Rooted in the ancient legends of Alaska's Athabaskan Indians, it tells the stories of two adventurers who decide to leave the safety of their respective tribes. Bird Girl is a headstrong young woman who learned early on the skills of a hunter. When told that she must end her forays and take up the traditional role of wife and mother, she defies her family's expectations and confidently takes off to brave life on her own. Daagoo is a dreamer, curious about the world beyond. Longing to know what happens to the sun in winter, he sets out on a quest to find the legendary "Land of the Sun." Their stories interweave and intersect as they each face the many dangers and challenges of life alone in the wilderness. In the end, both learn that the search for individualism often comes at a high price, but that it is a price well worth paying, for through this quest comes the beginning of true wisdom.
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In ancient times, in a land where the sun shone day and night in summer, then disappeared for much of the deathly cold winter, lived the Gwich'in. Read the first page
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Two Athabaskan legends become one great story,
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This review is from: Bird Girl And The Man Who Followed The Sun (Paperback)
Velma Wallis, an Athabaskan Indian woman from Alaska, was set on codifying some of the legends that her mother had told her about their people. Her first endeavor, Two Old Women, became a bestseller. Her second project was the mingling of two legends she had heard throughout her childhood. Each of the stories were similar because they focused on "loners" or people who do not fit into the norm of society. Bird Girl and Daagoo are from different bands of the Gwich'in tribe and have one chance meeting when they are young. The story follows as each go separate ways, Daagoo to the "Land of the Sun", and Bird Girl as she is kidnapped and enslaved by an enemy tribe. Their stories mirror each others through their struggles for independence, and the great tragedies they endure. A wonderful story from which I learned a great deal about the Native Alaskan people... Beautifully written story.
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Two Athabaskan legends become one great story,
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This review is from: Bird Girl And The Man Who Followed The Sun (Paperback)
Velma Wallis, an Athabaskan Indian woman from Alaska, was set on codifying some of the legends that her mother had told her about their people. Her first endeavor, Two Old Women, became a bestseller. Her second project was the mingling of two legends she had heard. Each of the stories were similar because they focused on "loners" or people who do not fit into the norm of society. Bord Girl and Daagoo are from different bands of the Gwich'in and have one encounter when they are young. The story follows as each go separate ways, Daagoo to the "Land of the Sun", and Bird Girl as she is kidnapped and enslaved by an enemy tribe. Their stories mirror each others through their struggles for independence, and the great tragedies they endure.A wonderful story from which I learned a great deal about the Native Alaskan people... Beautifully written.
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Bird Girl and the Man who followed the Sun,
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This review is from: Bird Girl & Man Who Follow (Hardcover)
Excellent reading. Anyone from the lower 48 who has dreams about Alaska should read this book, it will give you a small insight about the Athabaskan's. Who are a giving people once they know and trust you.
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