
House Made of Dawn
House Made of Dawn won the Pulitzer Prize. A young Native American, Abel has come home from war to find himself caught between two worlds in a profound story of cultural identity. The first is the world of his grandfather's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of his people. But the other world—modern, industrial America—pulls at Abel, demanding his loyalty, trying to claim his soul, and goading him into a destructive, compulsive cycle of depravity and despair born from a veteran's trauma. An American classic, House Made of Dawn is at once a tragic tale about the disabling effects of war and cultural separation, and a hopeful story of a stranger in his native land, finding his way back to all that is familiar and sacred.
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- HarperCollins
- ISBN-13
- 9780062911063
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Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for FictionWonMajor(1969)
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