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Availability:In StockContributor:Frank WatersPublish date:1987-08-01Pages:314
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio University PressISBN-13:9780804008938ISBN-10:804008930UPC:9780804008938Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:IndigenousSize:8.49 x 5.59 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCS0M8T1X0

Based on the real life of Edith Warner, who ran a tearoom at Otowi Crossing, just below Los Alamos, The Woman at Otowi Crossing is the story of Helen Chalmer, a person in tune with her adopted environment and her neighbors in the nearby Indian pueblo and also a friend of the first atomic scientists. The secret evolution of atomic research is a counterpoint to her psychic development.

In keeping with its tradition of allowing the best of its list to thrive, Ohio University Press/Swallow Press is particularly proud to reissue The Woman at Otowi Crossing by best-selling author Frank Waters. This new edition features an introduction by Professor Thomas J. Lyon and a foreword by the author's widow, Barbara Waters.

The story is quintessential Waters: a parable for the potentially destructive materialism of the mid-twentieth century. The antidote is Helen Chalmer's ability to understand a deeper truth of her being; beyond the Western notion of selfhood, beyond the sense of a personality distinct from the rest, she experiences a new and wider awareness.

The basis for an opera of the same name, The Woman at Otowi Crossing is the powerful story of the crossing of cultures and lives: a fable for our times.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio University PressISBN-13:9780804008938ISBN-10:804008930UPC:9780804008938Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:IndigenousSize:8.49 x 5.59 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCS0M8T1X0

Frank Waters (1902-1995), one of the finest chroniclers of the American Southwest, wrote twenty-eight works of fiction and nonfiction.


Publisher: Ohio University Press

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Frank Waters

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