The Basket Maker

By Kate Niles

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974207403
• ISBN13: 9780974207407
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Greycore Pr
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

The Peaks

One of the many things Kate Niles does beautifully in The Basket Maker is create a voice with the setting. In the Southwest, the land is not just a backdrop, the land is a character, and Kate brings it to life by having the Peaks tell pieces of the story. The rest of the characters are vivid and real, and reading about the town makes me homesick for the real one it's based on! This is an amazing first novel by one of my favorite professors and I'm anxiously awaiting the next one!

With a memorable roster of supporting characters

The Basket Maker is a smoothly written and deftly woven story of Sarah Graves, a young woman with a dark secret who encounters Trent, a boy at school who has suffered burns over most of his body. With a memorable roster of supporting characters, this unique and compassionate novel is presented with intelligence, delicacy, and reader-engaging passion set against the background of the American southwest. Kate Niles is the recipient of the Colorado Council of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship for Creative Writing for 2003. An accomplished writer of essays and short stories, The Basket Maker now documents her as having mastered the novel with a literary style and elegance rarely achieved and never surpassed.

A meaningful story for all of us...

I too couldn't book this book down. The message here applies to all of us. Niles' archeology and anthropology background complement her terrific writing to create a meaningful story and a vivid picture of the Southwest.

A wonderful book and a wonderful author!

I met the author of this book at a signing in Boulder. She was extremely interesting and well informed; she read from The Basket Maker but also launched a great conversation with the audience. Highly recommended!

Couldn't put it down

I picked up this book Friday evening to START it, ended up staying up until I had finished it. I literally couldn't put it down. It is extremely well written, thought provoking and enthralling!!! It is a great read.