"Both a masterpiece about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native American literature. A beautiful artistic object, a book everyone should read for the joy and emotion of the language it contains." -- The Paris Review "Dazzling. Momaday [is] an important voice in American letters." -- Los Angeles Times "Superb." -- New York Times Book Review "Authentic and powerful. Anyone who picks up this novel and reads the first paragraph will be hard pressed to put it down." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer "A beautiful and moving tale.

Intricately conceived . executed with easy lyricism. Mr. Momaday's performance is brilliant." -- Publishers Weekly "A new romanticism, with a reverence for the land, a transcendent optimism, and a sense of mythic wholeness.Push[es] the secular mode of modern fiction into the sacred mode, a faith and recognition in the power of the world." -- American Literature "Mr. Momaday has a superb sense of imagery.

There is a rich treasury of Pueblo Indian lore on almost every page." -- Baltimore Sun "A tragic story.one of considerable power and beauty." -- The Nation.