Prima opera di un nativo americano a essere insignita del premio Pulitzer per la letteratura e libro di culto di un’intera generazione, da cinquant’anni Casa fatta di alba commuove e ispira lettori e...

L’opera di N. Scott Momaday è da sempre incentrata sull’intenzione di conservare e trasmettere la cultura nativa. L’autore, cresciuto nelle riserve navajo, apache e pueblo del Sudovest americano, negli...

“[Momaday] must be ranked among the greatest of our contemporary writers.”—American Scholar"Momaday’s poems are rich with description, lush with dreaming, and filled with magic." — Library Journal (starred...

« Dans un pays très ancien, que l’on disait éternel, il y avait une maison faite d’aube, de pollen et de pluie. La plaine resplendissait des reflets miroitants des argiles et des sables et les collines...

“Both a masterpiece about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native American literature. . . . A book everyone should read for the joy and emotion of the language it contains.” — The Paris...

“These are the poems of a master poet. . . . When you read these poems, you will learn to hear deeply the sound a soul makes as it sings about the mystery of dreaming and becoming.” — Joy Harjo, Mvskoke...

"Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning, Earth...