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Original Title:	Laughing Boy
ISBN:	0618446729 (ISBN13: 9780618446723)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for Novel (1930)

Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story

Oliver La Farge

Paperback | Pages: 193 pages

Rating: 3.74 | 3141 Users | 207 Reviews

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Title	:	Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
Author	:	Oliver La Farge
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 193 pages
Published	:	June 5th 2004 by Mariner Books (first published 1929)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction

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Capturing the essence of the Southwest in 1915, Oliver La Farge's Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel is an enduring American classic. At a ceremonial dance, the young, earnest silversmith Laughing Boy falls in love with Slim Girl, a beautiful but elusive "American"-educated Navajo. As they experience all of the joys and uncertainties of first love, the couple must face a changing way of life and its tragic consequences.

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Ratings: 3.74 From 3141 Users | 207 Reviews

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A wordier version of this review can be found on my blog.I picked up Oliver La Farges Laughing Boy with one preconceived feeling dread. I came to it knowing both the books subject matter (Navajos in 1915) and the time period's terrible track record when it came to people of color. At best, it would be a bunch of barf-inducing noble savage stereotypes. At worst, wellSo imagine my shock when Laughing Boy turned out to be full of well-rounded characters, nuanced culture insight, and a sympathetic

Interesting, but not quite a true First Peoples voice.

I don't know who Oliver La Farge is...I should google him...but he knows how to think like a Navajo (in my humble Caucasian opinion). I've spent a teensy amount of time in the Southwest hiking on my own, looking at petroglyphs, reading interpretive signs at national parks, and even listening to some audio in the car about how to learn the language (I found some similarities in learning Japanese), but in the end, I'm not an Indian. I am especially not a Navajo. I am glad, however, that I once

Laughing Boy by Oliver La FargeFabulous, one of the best novels I have read, 11 out of 10!!This book has had a big emotional impact on me.It is not just one of the best books I have read, but also one that has made me joyful and then sad in turns.And it made again very clear why it is so exhilarating to read great literature:- When you read a wonderful masterpiece, you engage with it and reach a state of Flow, as described in the psychology classic of the same name- The reader has the fantastic

First, what I liked about this novel: La Farge wrote from his anthropology notes and included ethnographic details in the name of Realism. The veneer works as a literary device. Also, and based on this, in my reading of this novel, I got a strong sense of place and custom. Next, what distracted me: Laughing Boy as La Farge presents him is Uncle Tomahawk: an Indian version of a step-and-fetch-it. His good nature at being taken advantage of, esp. by Slim Girl (whose real name is Comes With War)

earlier readings: 4 starsThis was my intro to specific Native American tribes. It was definitely not my typical choice of books. I liked it much better the second and third times I read it. A good many years have passed since I last took this off the shelf, so it's probably time to read it again. (And write a more meaningful review.)2018: Maybe, just maybe, I'm beginning to understand something about the Navajo culture and that may be why this story means more to me now than it did when I was

I didn't like this. Not even a little.