num_pages: 278
description: Leslie Marmon Silko’s groundbreaking book Storyteller, first published in 1981, blends original short stories and poetry influenced by the traditional oral tales that she heard growing up on the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico with autobiographical passages, folktales, family memories, and photographs. As she mixes traditional and Western literary genres, Silko examines themes of memory, alienation, power, and identity; communicates Native American notions regarding time, nature, and spirituality; and explores how stories and storytelling shape people and communities. Storyteller illustrates how one can frame collective cultural identity in contemporary literary forms, as well as illuminates the importance of myth, oral tradition, and ritual in Silko’s own work.
language: English
title: Storyteller
titlecomplete: Storyteller
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, School, Literary Fiction, Female Authors, Essays, Short Stories, Fiction, Poetry
ratings_count: 1985
publisher: distributed by Grove Press