Bibliograph

The color of lightning, a novel, Paulette Jiles

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Label

The color of lightning, a novel, Paulette Jiles

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The color of lightning

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Paulette Jiles

Sub title

a novel

Summary

At the end of the Civil War, Britt Johnson, a freed black man, travels with his family from Kentucky to start a new life in Texas. But this wild country holds dangers of its own. When his wife and children are captured during an Indian raid, Britt vows to bring them home or die trying. But his determination and courage quickly land him in the thick of a battle he wants no part of -- the struggle between the U.S. government and the Kiowa and Comanche tribes, whose land, freedom and culture are threatened. Paulette Jiles, winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award, the Governor General's Award and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, returns with a story that is grounded in history but that echoes the classic myths. Powerful and nuanced, by turns as beautiful and unforgiving as the frontier itself, The Colour of Lightning is an ambitious and striking novel that confirms Jiles as one of Canada's finest writers

Target audience

adult

Classification