People of the Whale

A Novel

De: Linda Hogan

Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki

Raised in a small Native American village by the sea, Thomas Witka Just has just married his childhood sweetheart when an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever.

Cut off from his community and traumatized by war, he finds refuge in another tribal village there and fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home many years later, he finds his tribe in conflict over a decision to hunt a whale, a spiritual symbol for his people.

Torn by guilt, yet desperate to return to a life of authenticity, Thomas realizes he must reconcile his two existences if he is to help heal his equally fractured community.

With a keen sense of the sacredness of nature and the trauma of war, People of the Whale is a compassionate novel about the painful moral choices humans make and how the lost soul of a man or a people is restored.

©2008 Linda Hogan (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Epic, Deep, Beautiful!!!

Wow!!! This story is so profound, mystical, deep. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize because of brilliant and sensitive writing. A journey of indigenous tribal people in the 1960s and 1970s. They are very connected to the ocean and whales. One of best books I have ever read. Narrator does a subtle and excellent job here - deep voice. I am surprised this book isn't as well known as others. Please listen - you will be enriched!!!

What a beautiful book.

Above all, it is Hogan’s knowledge of the sea, the tiny but beautiful details that make this work so lovely.

Excellent

Best narrator! Beautiful story sharing powerful truths told through well developed characters and rich imagery.

Poetry

The author has written a novel length poem. it is beautiful. Well worth the reading.

Made of dreams and the reality of war

A beautiful people these natives are. So close to the earth and what is right. If we were all like them there wouldn’t be war and greed in this world. Thanks