Diné Bahane' - Zolbrod, Paul G
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This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthewsa "Navajo Legends" of 1847. Zolbrodas new translation renders the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page through a poetic idiom appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition. Zolbrodas book offers the general reader a vivid introduction to Navajo culture. For students of literature this book proposes a new way of looking at our literary heritage.

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This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthewsa "Navajo Legends" of 1847. Zolbrodas new translation renders the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page through a poetic idiom appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition. Zolbrodas book offers the general reader a vivid introduction to Navajo culture. For students of literature this book proposes a new way of looking at our literary heritage.
Autorenporträt
Paul G. Zolbrod is adjunct professor of humanities at the Crownpoint, New Mexico Campus of Diné College, the Navajo Nation Tribal College. He also served as senior curator at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of New Mexico, 1994-1997.