The Raven Steals the Light - Hardcover

Bill Reid

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0888944470 ISBN 13: 9780888944474

Publisher: University of Washington Press, 1984

Synopsis

Canadian graphic artist

About this title

About the Author:

Bill Reid, one of the finest artists to work in the Native American tradition, has numerous books documenting and revering his visual art. He is also the author of Solitary Raven, Out of the Silence and, with Bill Holm, Indian Art of the Northwest Coast: A Dialogue on Craftsmanship and Aesthetics.

Review:

"These are simply the best versions of Indian tales I have read: they are colloquial yet poetic, precise yet spilling outside their boundaries, accumulating and then blending into one another."―Canadian Literature

"The drawings are impressive; the stories are engaging. But the real value of the book lies in the ability of Reid and Bringhurst to recreate the voice of the storyteller and in their ability to capture the sensual qualities of Haida oral literature."―Folklore

"Two artists, in an unusual pairing of talens, have reshaped Haida myths into scenes of Haida prehistoric life that seem told by a modern-day reincarnation of Raven himself."―Western Folklore

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0888944470
• ISBN 13: 9780888944474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 91