Painted Turtle: Woman with Guitar by Major, Clarence - 1987

Sun & Moon Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Sun & Moon Press, 1988-09. Hardcover. Good.

LOS ANGELES, CA: SUN & MOON PRESS. owner's stamp. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1988.

Sun & Moon Press, 1988-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing with full number line. Very good in very good dust jacket. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior Sewn binding. Paper over boards. New American Fiction Series. Audience: General/trade.

Sun & Moon, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover . Used/Good.

FIRST EDITION - book and dust jacket fine and unread.

Sun and Moon Press, 1987. First edition. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Previous owner name on front endpaper, else In Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ Dustjacket. "Painted Turtle" is at the center of a lyrical tale narrated by Baldy, A Navajo guitar player. This masterful novel is a testament not only to the strength of the southwestern Indian, but to the strength of human endurance and to an abiding faith in that endurance. Clarence Major (born December 31, 1936) is an American poet, painter, and novelist; winner of the 2015 "Lifetime Achievement Award in the Fine Arts", presented by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. He was awarded the 2016 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. Painted Turtle: Woman With Guitar (1988) was cited by The New York Times Book Review as a "Notable Book of The Year" 1988.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The Zuni folksinger Painted Turtle first made her appearance in Clarence Major's award-winning and critically acclaimed novel, My Amputations (1986). In this simply told new work, Painted Turtle is at the center of a lyrical tale narrated by Baldy, a Navajo guitar player. She tells of her struggles, from her childhood experiences living on the Zuni reservation to the time of her performances on the grimy cantina circuit throughout the American Southwest. Baldy's story is a quiet love story, a tale of wonderment. But it is also a tale of a quest for self-realization, the quest of an unwed mother of twin boys who finds herself an outsider and the cause of conflict among her family, her clan, her tribe. Against all odds, Painted Turtle struggles desperately to keep her integrity while remaining in touch with the deep rhythms of her heritage. And through her music seeks a cure for the… Read More

Sun & Moon Press, 1988-09-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!