The Trickster of Liberty: Native Heirs to a Wild Baronage Volume 50

By Gerald Vizenor

Book Overview

Revised

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806136774
• ISBN13: 9780806136776
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Very good, if unusual

This is a rather odd novel, broken down into a series of stories, vignettes and (mis)adventures involving various members of the Browne family, `mixedbloods' from an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota. As the title suggests, Vizenor is deeply interested in trickster themes, here borrowed from Native American and (to a lesser extent) Chinese oral traditions. Also, the concept of mixedbloods is the overriding leitmotiv of the entire book - often symobolized by mongrels. The style varies, and this is a very postmodern literary experience, but that shouldn't stop anyone from reading it. Generally this is a rewarding book: the narrative, if difficult to follow at times, is often humerous, yet behind this light-hearted veneer there is quite a bit of scathing commentary.