Ghost Singer: A Novel / Edition 1

by Ann Lee Walters

Overview

Human ears, strung like beads on a cord; scalps with hair and ears still intact; infant bones in a medicine bundle; corpses, whole, in a cardboard box. These artifacts in an obscure corner of the Smithsonian cause Indian ghosts to haunt, torment, and murder researchers—even as they themselves are tormented by the items in the museum's collection. Only the sacred rituals of Indian medicine men can make it safe to be around these dangerous artifacts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826315458
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	12/01/1994
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.58(d)

Editorial Reviews

Extraordinary. . . . The multicultural point of view in "Ghost Singer" is essential to the success with which the author is able to render horror in the midst of what is seemingly ordinary.

. . . well-researched and well-written tale interweaves elements of traditional Navajo beliefs and history, anthropological collections at the Smithsonian, ghosts of long-dead Navajos never allowed to rest, and the struggles of present-day Native Americans and Anglos to understand traditional belief systems.

"Extraordinary. . . . The multicultural point of view in "Ghost Singer is essential to the success with which the author is able to render horror in the midst of what is seemingly ordinary."

From the Publisher

Walters's third novel is a thriller centering on Smithsonian researchers persecuted by Native American ghosts. (Dec.)

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