The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages
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| Author | N. Scott Momaday |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Essays Stories |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 211 |
| ISBN | 978-031215581-0 |
The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages, written by N. Scott Momaday and published in 1997, is a collection of stories and essays written over a period of more than 30 years.[1] The selections are grouped into three parts.
The first part, titled "The Man Made of Words," includes ten selections that reflect on, among other subjects, the sacred, written and oral traditions, ancient cave paintings as language, love of the land and landscape, and the differences between how Native Americans and whites perceive the world, often drawing on examples from his Kiowa heritage.
The second part, "Essays in Place," explores how stories and life take place in place, and his view that the sacred is there, where words and place come together. This topic unfolds through the course of nine selections, with narratives drawn from his Kiowa heritage, Navajo place names, ancient cave paintings, and his visits to spiritual places in Zagorsk, Bavaria, and Granada.
The final part, "The Storyteller and his Art," contains 19 selections, most of which are no more than two pages. These vignettes often include a story from Momaday's past or a story that was related to him, and an insight into the art of storytelling drawn from the telling of that story.