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- catalog abstract ""The narrator-protagonist of this magical novel about urban mixed-blood Indian life is Albert (Alley) Hummingbird, a self-conscious, shy college student who masks his feelings with humor and who longs to reconcile the two cultures that have formed him. Alley is not supposed to live at birth, but his grandfather, a Nez Perce, rescues him from Death (who reappears throughout the novel as a petty, mean, pathetic, and ultimately funny character). The grandfather's teachings to Alley, which come from the afterlife region known as the "absence of angels," connect Alley to his Indian heritage when he most needs it. Otherwise his life is fragmented: a father who rejected his heritage, a mother who is slightly mad, and a friend, Sara, with whom Alley is in love."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b7808894.
- catalog coverage "Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction.".
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""The narrator-protagonist of this magical novel about urban mixed-blood Indian life is Albert (Alley) Hummingbird, a self-conscious, shy college student who masks his feelings with humor and who longs to reconcile the two cultures that have formed him. Alley is not supposed to live at birth, but his grandfather, a Nez Perce, rescues him from Death (who reappears throughout the novel as a petty, mean, pathetic, and ultimately funny character). The grandfather's teachings to Alley, which come from the afterlife region known as the "absence of angels," connect Alley to his Indian heritage when he most needs it. Otherwise his life is fragmented: a father who rejected his heritage, a mother who is slightly mad, and a friend, Sara, with whom Alley is in love."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "274 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0806127147".
- catalog isPartOf "American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 14".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "California Los Angeles".
- catalog spatial "Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "College students California Los Angeles Fiction.".
- catalog subject "College students Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Mixed descent Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Man-woman relationships California Los Angeles Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Nez Percé Indians Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS3566.E476 A63 1995".
- catalog subject "Young men California Los Angeles Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Young men Fiction.".
- catalog title "The absence of angels / by W.S. Penn.".
- catalog type "Bildungsromane. gsafd".
- catalog type "Bildungsromans. gsafd".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Love stories. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".