PLEURE, GERONIMO by Forrest CARTER

CRY, GERONIMO by Forrest CARTER - Translated from American by Jean Guiloineau - Éditions Du Rocher / Jean-Paul Bertrand Éditeur - 1991 - 332 pages - Hardcover - Work from a library When literature takes the opposite of historiography, it produces masterpieces like Cry, Geronimo. Undoubtedly the best work dedicated to the Apaches. Written by a Cherokee Indian, it contrasts with 'The Broken Arrow', the great classic by Elliott Arnold which embodies the 'official version' centered on Cochise. We are in 1886, at the San Carlos reservation, Arizona. The Chiricahua Apaches languish and wither on an arid and desolate land. All hopes are dead. Cochise is dead. Geronimo, a war shaman, prepares their escape. And the great fresco unfolds, reconnecting with the dreams and nostalgia of the Apaches... Sixty years of history. A work that draws its lyricism from the Indian imagination and mysticism, traditions, the desert sands. The essence of the pines and the whirlwinds of the wind. A message of the original harmony of man with nature and, consequently, questioning the material foundations of our contemporary societies. The best work dedicated to the Apaches. Written by a Cherokee Indian. Sixty years of history. A work that draws its lyricism from the Indian imagination and mysticism, traditions, the desert sands. A message of the original harmony of man with nature and, consequently, questioning the material foundations of our contemporary societies.