House Made of Dawn American Classics Edition A Novel

"Superb." - New York Times Book Review

"A new romanticism, with a reverence for the land, a transcendent optimism, and a sense of mythic wholeness...Push[es] the secular mode of modern fiction into the sacred mode, a faith and recognition in the power of the world." - American Literature

"Authentic and powerful. . . . Anyone who picks up this novel and reads the first paragraph will be hard pressed to put it down." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

"A beautiful and moving tale. Intricately conceived . . . executed with easy lyricism. Mr. Momaday's performance is brilliant." - Publishers Weekly

"Dazzling. . . . Momaday [is] an important voice in American letters." - Los Angeles Times

"Mr. Momaday has a superb sense of imagery. . . . There is a rich treasury of Pueblo Indian lore on almost every page." - Baltimore Sun

"A tragic story...one of considerable power and beauty." - The Nation

"Both a masterpiece about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native American literature. . . . A beautiful artistic object, a book everyone should read for the joy and emotion of the language it contains." - The Paris Review