{"product_id":"theatre-of-chance-native-celebrities-of-nothing-in-an-existential-colony-paperback","title":"Theatre of Chance: Native Celebrities of Nothing in an Existential Colony - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald Vizenor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNative puppeteers from the White Earth Reservation search for the meaning of life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheatre of Chance\u003c\/i\u003e is the final novel in the series that started with \u003ci\u003eBlue Ravens\u003c\/i\u003e and continued with \u003ci\u003eNative Tributes, Satie on the Seine, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Wovoka\u003c\/i\u003e. A group of native puppeteers from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota resume their adventures, traveling from White Earth to an existential colony: the urban reservation in Minneapolis. Basile, the native elder, has become an editorial writer, and the stowaways continue their creative puppet parleys in the context of the historical moment, including the election of Richard Nixon as president. Dummy Trout and the other stowaways secure a houseboat and, with the loyal mongrels, return to French Portage Narrows in Lake of the Woods, the birthplace of Dummy. There, for the first time in more than seventy years, she whispers a few words, ending the shamanic silence of her marvelous encounters on the White Earth Reservation and in the native existential colony of Minneapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGERALD VIZENOR is a prolific novelist, poet, literary critic, and citizen of the White Earth Nation of the Anishinaabeg in Minnesota. He received the 2022 Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature. His novels \u003ci\u003eShrouds of White Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Griever: An American Monkey King in Chin\u003c\/i\u003ea won American Book Awards, and the latter also earned a New York Fiction Collective Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.91 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773162193184,"sku":"9780819501554","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3a509110dc67f2728eede2ec7b596456.webp?v=1780420934","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/theatre-of-chance-native-celebrities-of-nothing-in-an-existential-colony-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}