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Why Did I Read This Again?

So for the Pulitzer Prize winner I had to read last year, I chose to read a book from the 20s. I was really just looking for a quick fix and to get it over with. None of the PP winners I was seeing seemed interesting enough to me. The only one that seemed interesting put me had me at number 700 in line at the library, so I knew there was no way I would be able to complete this Popsugar task. Which is why I chose to read Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge.

"Capturing the essence of the Southwest in 1915, Oliver La Farge's Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel is an enduring American classic. At a ceremonial dance, the young, earnest silversmith Laughing Boy falls in love with Slim Girl, a beautiful but elusive "American"-educated Navajo. As they experience all of the joys and uncertainties of first love, the couple must face a changing way of life and its tragic consequences."

Let's start with the good shall we? He used authentic Navajo language, which I think is neat. I love the movie Windtalkers and the Navajo language was a big part of that true story (watch it, Nick cage at his best!). While I thoroughly un-enjoyed butchering the words in this book, that was at least interesting. The rest of the book eh not so much.


First off its a love story. Well let me rephrase that, its about a young Navajo boy who falls in love with a girl at either a swap meet or a campfire, I can't determine. Then they get married and go through problems every newly married couple goes through. It's honestly like newlyweds except without the Louis Vuitton bag, Miller light, and takes place on the plains not Calabasas. Quite honestly its ridiculous. Was everyone high in 1927 or what? What were the other books that came out that year?

I mean All Quiet on the Western Front came out the same year! That wasn't worthy, but this was? Give. Me. A. Break. Ugh I'm just mad that I actually read this, and then ranted about it. It made me long for Penelope and we all know how much I loved that book. Fine all stop, but I'm still not happy I read this.
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