{"product_id":"walker-and-the-ghost-dance-derek-walcott-9780374528140","title":"Walker and the Ghost Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo dazzling dramas on American themes from the Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, \u003ci\u003eWalker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGhost Dance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a cold winter's day on the Dakota plains, Catherine Weldon receives a caller, Kicking Bear, bringing news of Indian rebellion. In the fort nearby, a tiny community splinters apart over how to react. In \u003ci\u003eGhost Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, first performed in 1989, Walcott turns a story with a foregone conclusion--Sitting Bull and his Sioux followers will die at the hands of the Army and Indian agents--into a portrait of life at a crossroads of American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWalker\u003c\/i\u003e, an opera first performed in 1992 and revised for its revival in 2001, Walcott shifts his attention east, taking for his subject David Walker, the nineteenth-century black abolitionist. In Walcott 's hands Walker becomes a classical hero for his people: a leader who is also a poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Walcott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374528144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374528140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 4.42w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2002 pg. 1912\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2002","brand":"Derek Walcott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119643062527,"sku":"9780374528140","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32de80e4-b220-4157-8198-d384d1177ad3.jpg?v=1687410261","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walker-and-the-ghost-dance-derek-walcott-9780374528140","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}