The Way of Kinship: An Anthology of Native Siberian Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780816670819)

That these treasures are available to us as writing is a miracle. . . . The writings here, while altogether modern in one sense, are based upon a literature, albeit oral, that has existed for thousands of years. They are the reflections of people who have lived long on the earth, on their own terms, in harmony with the powers of nature. They are invaluable to us who have so much to learn from them. These stories, poems, songs give us a way, a sacred way, into a world that we ought to know for its own sake. It is our own world, after all. --N. Scott Momaday, from the Foreword
The first anthology of Native Siberian literature in English, The Way of Kinship represents writers from regions extending from the Ob River in the west to the Chukotka peninsula, the easternmost point of the Siberian Russian Arctic. Drawn from seven distinct ethnic groups, this diverse body of work-prose fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction-chronicles ancient Siberian cultures and traditions threatened with extinction in the contemporary world.
Translated and edited by Alexander Vaschenko and Claude Clayton Smith, leading scholars in Native Siberian literature, The Way of Kinship is an essential collection that will introduce readers to new writers and new worlds.

Author: Alexander Vaschenko
ISBN-10: 0816670811
ISBN-13: 9780816670819
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2010
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 220