Description
An ancient, notebook-like legacy passes from Yoeme to her granddaughter Zeta Cazador, carrying prophecies, histories, and warnings that braid together Indigenous memory and the violence of the modern world. As Zeta and a shifting cast of characters move through a landscape shaped by greed, exploitation, and survival, the story’s central figure—Seese—emerges from the high-stakes economy of drug dealing, where the demands of “progress” exact a brutal price. Blending mythic structure with contemporary realism, the novel explores how cycles of harm repeat when power is pursued without responsibility. With Silko’s distinctive, lyrical intensity and her talent for weaving oral tradition into urgent social critique, this sweeping work asks what it takes to break inherited patterns and reclaim agency in a world on the brink.
Available Editions
paperback
Simon & Schuster
Published Jan 1, 2013
832 pages
ISBN: 9781476737461
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Details
First Published
1991
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko.