Grass Dancer

"Ms. Power, a member of the Sioux tribe, writes with an inventiveness that sets her writing apart from much recent American fiction. She is more interested in montage than the progression d'effet of traditional plot...But Ms. Power's method has thematic as well as technical brio, for it also replicates the tribal sense of time and connectedness, reifying a world where ancestors are continually present in everyday life as spirits, memories and dreams...The single fault with 'The Grass Dancer' is that many of the women's voices are indistinguishable from one another. Had Ms. Power found individual inflections for them, the novel would have soared. But this is a small falw in an otherwise substantial achievement. Written with grace and dignity, 'The Grass Dancer' offers a healing vision that goes to the core of our humanity."Power, Susan is the author of 'Grass Dancer', published 1997 under ISBN 9780425159538 and ISBN 0425159531.