num_pages: 198
description: House Made of Dawn, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969, tells the story of a young American Indian named Abel, home from a foreign war and caught between two one his father's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons and the harsh beauty of the land; the other of industrial America, a goading him into a compulsive cycle of dissipation and disgust.
language: English
title: House Made of Dawn
titlecomplete: House Made of Dawn (Perennial Classics)
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, School, American, Native Americans, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 8845
places: New Mexico
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics