Ledfeather

Ledfeather
	First Edition Cover
Author	Stephen Graham Jones
Cover artist	Jacket design by
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	FC2
Publication date	August 8, 2008
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	216 pp (first edition, paperback)
Preceded by	Demon Theory
Followed by	The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti

Ledfeather is a 2008 novel by Native American author Stephen Graham Jones, published by FC2 (Fiction Collective Two).

Plot summary

A young Blackfoot man discovers the 1883 letters of an Indian Agent, whose decisions have "impacted the lives of generations of Blackfeet Indians." As the novel progresses, it is shown that this young man, Doby Saxon, and the Indian Agent may be the same soul inhabiting two separate bodies, and the Indian Agent has been forced to live in the future on the same reservation still plagued by the consequences of his decision. [1]

Characters

Doby Saxon: a Blackfoot living on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Francis Dalimpere: 1883 Indian Agent for the Blackfeet.
Malory Sainte: Doby's mother.
Claire Dalimpere: Francis's wife, the recipient of his letters.
Yellow Tail: 1883 Chief for the Blackfeet.
Lead Feather: a young boy found by Francis, who has attempted to commit suicide.

Motifs

"Cyclical stuff, iterations, rhythm (which is just repetition with variance)—I can’t seem to stay away from it," was the author's comment in a 2008 interview with Rain Taxi online.[2]

Reception

Foreword Reviews described the work as "hallucinogenic lyricism and a nonlinear narrative."[3]

Lit Pub reviewer Edward J. Rathke found the novel to be a remedy for heartbreak: "The next thing I knew, the sun was rising and my heart was breaking, but in a good way, the way that resurrects you, that shows you everything you forgot to pay attention to, forgot to remember, and I closed it because it was done, again, finished for the third time, and I could’ve turned back to page one and began again, which is how the first two readings happened, in consecutive days, because this book burns you, burrows deep, and smolders, lives, reconnects cells, and balances chemistry."[4]

gollark: It just seems weird that they defined one of the base units as 1000 of some unit.

gollark: We can't rename kilograms grams without confusing everyone who doesn't also adopt that, but I guess renaming them to "standard weight units" or some abbreviation would work.

gollark: Also, it would be very hard, considering.

gollark: They should have just made kilograms be called "grams" and we could say milligrams for smaller amounts.

gollark: For SI, I mean.

References

"Ledfeather by Stephen Graham Jones - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
Gavin Pate (2008). "Surviving the Wolverines: An interview with Stephen Graham Jones". RAIN TAXI o n l i n e (Fall). Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
"Book Review: LedFeather". ForeWord Reviews. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
Edward J. Rathke. "Ledfeather". The Lit Pub. Retrieved 2012-12-10.

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[1] "Ledfeather by Stephen Graham Jones - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads. Retrieved 2012-12-10.

[raintaxi-2] Gavin Pate (2008). "Surviving the Wolverines: An interview with Stephen Graham Jones". RAIN TAXI o n l i n e (Fall). Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-12-10.

[ForeWord-3] "Book Review: LedFeather". ForeWord Reviews. Retrieved 2012-12-10.

[4] Edward J. Rathke. "Ledfeather". The Lit Pub. Retrieved 2012-12-10.