Ghost Woman

Ghost Woman explores the history and tragedy of colonialization in California through the life of a remarkable Native American woman.

About the author

Lawrence Thornton is the author of the novels Tales from the Blue Archives (1997), Naming the Spirits (1995), Under the Gypsy Moon (1991), and Imagining Argentina, which won the 1987 PEN/Hemingway Award and the PEN/USA West Award, as well as the Commonwealth Club Prize for first novel and the Shirley Collier Award. He also wrote Unbodied Hope: Narcissism and the Modern Novel (1984). He lives in Claremont, California.

Summary

Based on a chilling historical event, this novel is a tale of the arrogance of colonizers, rape, guilt, punishment and retribution. It is set on the Southern California coast during the early 19th century when Catholic missionaries rounded up all the local Indians.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Thornton, Thornton Lawrence
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.1999
• EAN: 9780520220683
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22068-3
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: California Fiction; California Fiction
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary