num_pages: 177
description: During his life, James Welch came to be regarded as a master of American prose, and his first novel, Winter in the Blood, is one of his most enduring works. The narrator of this beautiful, often disquieting novel is a young Native American man living on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana. Sensitive and self-destructive, he searches for something that will bind him to the lands of his ancestors but is haunted by personal tragedy, the dissolution of his once proud heritage, and Montana's vast emptiness. Winter in the Blood is an evocative and unforgettable work of literature that will continue to move and inspire anyone who encounters it.
language: English
title: Winter in the Blood
titlecomplete: Winter in the Blood (Contemporary American Fiction Series)
genres: Classics, American, The United States Of America, Contemporary, Novels, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 3789
places: Montana
publisher: Penguin Books