This town sleeps

a novel

Belletristik

• FS.E : Fremdsprachige Schriften : Einzelne Sprachen : Englische Schriften
• DR : Belletristik : Romane, Erzählungen und Novellen

Verfasser:
Staples, Dennis E.

Verfasser Angabe:
Dennis E. Staples

Sprache:
Englisch

• Ureinwohner
• Homosexualität
• Familie
• Belletristische Darstellung
• Geschichte
• Junger Mann
• Minnesota
• Geist

Verlag:
Counterpoint

Erscheinungsort:
Berkeley

Jahr:
2021

Umfang:
211 S.

Fußnote:
Text: Englisch

ISBN:
978-1-640-09464-2

Interessenskreise:
American Literature
American Shelves
LGBTQIA+

Inhalt:
On an Ojibwe reservation called Languille Lake, within the small town of Geshig at the hub of the rez, two men enter into a secret romance. Marion Lafournier, a midtwenties gay Ojibwe man, begins a relationship with his former classmate Shannon, a heavily closeted white man. While Marion is far more open about his sexuality, neither is immune to the realities of the lives of gay men in small towns and closed societies.
Then one night, while roaming the dark streets of Geshig, Marion unknowingly brings to life the spirit of a dog from beneath the elementary school playground. The mysterious revenant leads him to the grave of Kayden Kelliher, an Ojibwe basketball star who was murdered at the age of seventeen and whose presence still lingers in the memories of the townsfolk. While investigating the fallen hero's death, Marion discovers family connections and an old Ojibwe legend that may be the secret to unraveling the mystery he has found himself in.
Set on a reservation in far northern Minnesota, This Town Sleeps explores the many ways history, culture, landscape, and lineage shape our lives, our understanding of the world we inhabit, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of it all.

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