The Raven Steals the Light : Drawings by Bill Reid

The Raven Steals the Light: Drawings by Bill Reid

Bill Reid, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Robert Bringhurst
$18.95


An elegant reissue of a timeless collection of Haida myths, with a new preface by Claude Levi-Strauss.

Ten masterful, complex drawings by Bill Reid are accompanied by ten episodes from Haida mythology told by Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst. The result brings Haida art and mythology alive as never before in an English-speaking world. The collection includes, says Reid, "a good selection of bestiality, adultery, violence, thievery and assault, for those who like that sort of thing."


 


Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 9781550544817
Paperback / softback
6.0 in x 8.0 in - 224 pp
Publication Date: 01/02/1996
BISAC Subject(s): FIC010000-FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology,SOC021000-SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies 
 

Description


An elegant reissue of a timeless collection of Haida myths, with a new preface by Claude Levi-Strauss.

Ten masterful, complex drawings by Bill Reid are accompanied by ten episodes from Haida mythology told by Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst. The result brings Haida art and mythology alive as never before in an English-speaking world. The collection includes, says Reid, "a good selection of bestiality, adultery, violence, thievery and assault, for those who like that sort of thing."


 

Details


Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 9781550544817
Paperback / softback
6.0 in x 8.0 in - 224 pp
Publication Date: 01/02/1996
BISAC Subject(s): FIC010000-FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology,SOC021000-SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies