{"product_id":"laughing-boy-a-navajo-love-story","title":"Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A romantic idyll played out in the rhythms and meanings of a vanished Navajo world.\" --\u003cem\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn enduring American classic, Oliver La Farge's award-winning first novel captures the essence of the Southwest in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaughing Boy is a model member of his tribe. Raised in old traditions, skilled in silver work, and known for his prowess in the wild horse races, he does the Navajos of \u003cem\u003eT'o Tlakai\u003c\/em\u003e proud. But times are changing. It is 1914, and the first car has just driven into their country. Then, Laughing Boy meets Slim Girl--and despite her \"American\" education and the warnings of his family, he gives in to desire and marries her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Laughing Boy and Slim Girl settle away from traditional villages--their different upbringings clashing within both their relationship and the ever-encroaching culture around them--each of their worlds are thrown into a heart-wrenching turmoil of love, honor, hope, and heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling in its strength and simplicity, and its fidelity to the deepest impulses of human nature,\" \u003cem\u003eLaughing Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is an unprecedented look at both the Navajo culture and the enduring legacy of tradition and loss that all Americans share (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wanden LaFarge Gomez, Oliver La Farge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47471332655340,"sku":"9780618446728","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780618446728.jpg?v=1775240073","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/laughing-boy-a-navajo-love-story","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}