{"product_id":"laughing-boy-a-navajo-love-story","title":"Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLaughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eOliver La Farge\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780618446728\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMariner Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e208\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A romantic idyll played out in the rhythms and meanings of a vanished Navajo world.\" --\u003cem\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn enduring American classic, Oliver La Farge's award-winning first novel captures the essence of the Southwest in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaughing Boy is a model member of his tribe. Raised in old traditions, skilled in silver work, and known for his prowess in the wild horse races, he does the Navajos of \u003cem\u003eT'o Tlakai\u003c\/em\u003e proud. But times are changing. It is 1914, and the first car has just driven into their country. Then, Laughing Boy meets Slim Girl--and despite her \"American\" education and the warnings of his family, he gives in to desire and marries her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Laughing Boy and Slim Girl settle away from traditional villages--their different upbringings clashing within both their relationship and the ever-encroaching culture around them--each of their worlds are thrown into a heart-wrenching turmoil of love, honor, hope, and heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling in its strength and simplicity, and its fidelity to the deepest impulses of human nature,\" \u003cem\u003eLaughing Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is an unprecedented look at both the Navajo culture and the enduring legacy of tradition and loss that all Americans share (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story | Oliver La Farge | Paperback | 9780618446728 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1589509","offer_id":48313207128216,"sku":"1589509","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story | Oliver La Farge | Paperback | 9780618446728 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks F 1745518","offer_id":48468930658456,"sku":"1745518","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/8110_VwJ8-L.jpg?v=1773163781","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/laughing-boy-a-navajo-love-story","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}