Bluefeather Fellini Author:Max Evans In an episodic coming-of-age novel set largely in the American Southwest during the 1930s and 1940s, this is the larger-than-life saga of Bluefeather Fellini, a half-Native American, half-Italian adventurer, gold miner, and spiritual dreamer. — He was so handsome he intentionally scarred his face in the hope people would stop staring. Through his... more » skills as a cardsharp could have made him rich, he embraced the hard and perilous life of a prospector. Yet when he found a hidden river of gold, he walked away from its vast wealth for the love of a woman. He then left his beloved Southwest for Europe to fight in a brutal war.
A wandering picaresque hero, young Bluefeather nonetheless returns again and again to Taos, New Mexico, homeland of his Pueblo Indian mother. A strong sense of place permeates the text; the high-desert world of northern New Mexico provides realistic and spiritual elements that add mythic quality to a leisurely told tale with a large cast of colorful characters. This is a work of peculiar power. Highly recommended for discerning readers seeking something at once traditional and different.« less