House Made of Dawn

Name: House Made of Dawn
Author: N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday (1968)

“A Pueblo veteran returns from World War II unable to speak, unable to pray, unable to run with the dawn — and discovers that the land remembers what he has forgotten.”

EraContemporary / Native American Renaissance

Pages212

Difficulty★★★★☆ Advanced

AP Appearances6

identity alienation tradition nature spirituality trauma home silenceAP EnglishCollege

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