Fiction, Peoples & Cultures - Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Overview
A tender love story with a strong, dedicated woman, plus savage battles with the beasts (the worst being man), Bluefeather Fellini in the Sacred Realm offers a wondrous, revealing look at what might have created the world and what may bring it to an end. There is also the Underground, which is included in the belief of many Indian nations and pueblos; the power of the stars; and an occasional interference of the gods mixed with a gritty reality salted with humor. The lifetime travels of Bluefeather Fellini give a unique look at the magic of the Southwest and the universality of it all.Half-Sicilian and half-Indian, Bluefeather Fellini lived in two worlds--the gritty reality of the West and the timeless world of legend. Hired by an enigmatic millionaire to search for a missing treasure of Mouton Rothschild 1880, Bluefeather is reunited with an old, fated love and embarks on a search for his people's sacred caverns.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
In this sequel to Bluefeather Fellini, Evans (The Rounders) melds elements of fantasy, western, adventure and Native American lore into a fun-filled parable. Set mostly in New Mexico in the late 1950s, the story follows Bluefeather Fellini-half Taos Indian, half Italian, a prospector and WWII vet-as he undertakes a mission to locate priceless cases of wine but instead stumbles upon a subterranean complex of caverns populated by human-like ``triloids,'' fish-horses and other bizarre evolutionary offshoots. This underground realm-which Bluefeather explores with Marsha Korbell, his fiery redheaded lover; Sherry Rousset, a Harvard-educated Kenyan naturalist; and Bluefeather's cryptic spirit-guide, Dancing Bear-holds such wonders as a vast limestone palace guarded by the Olders, banished human criminals who can never return above ground. Two mad and power-hungry entrepreneurs have designs on this realm, and Bluefeather suspects that Marsha, the adopted daughter of one of them, may be spying for her father. Spiked with wicked metaphors and salty humor, Evans's entertaining allegory of good, evil and human choice captures the tang and yawp of the genuine American West. (Sept.)Book Details
Published
January 1, 1994
Publisher
Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c1994.
Pages
368
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780870813450