The Bird Is Gone: A Manifesto

By Stephen Graham Jones

A lost pipe holds the power to rewrite a nation.

Cleverly blending alternate history, mystery, and indigenous resurgence, Stephen Graham Jones's The Bird Is Gone unfolds in a transformed Great Plains where a visionary conservation act has made the land truly "Indian again." Fourteen years later, a motley crew led by LP Deal converges in a bowling alley within Indian Territories, on a quest for a forgotten treaty pipe--sealed in a locker and flushed into oblivion--that could return all of America to Indigenous hands. Surreal, suspenseful, and richly original, this manifesto of resistance challenges readers to reconsider power, history, and the stakes of reclaiming a stolen world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573661090
• ISBN13: 9781573661096
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: FC2
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

once again, YES

so, not only is this book one of the most original and deftly structured to come along in recent years, but, as has been pointed out: the sentences!! Jones' sentences will take root in your head and grow, bloom, wither, rot, be reincarnated as a time travelling coyote. seriously, get on this one.

Amazing

THE BIRD IS GONE is one of the best, and most orginial books i've ever had the pleasure of reading. his prose, once again, carry their own rhythm and read like poetry. read it, get lost in it, and then read it again, because its magic. mr. jones is without question one of our most talented writers writing today. do yourself a favor and read this book, then read his other two books, because he's just that good.