"I am SO glad I ignored the negative reviews of this book, and am now frankly suspicious that some of the bad reviews may come out of cultural biases. This book reads like many other modern (white, male) writers that I have loved - with some stream-of-consciousness and slipping back and forth between present and past - but I feel like some of the critiques I read have a whiff of culturally-biased criticism based on the fact that Momaday is Native American - that this book is "incoherent" or "scattered" or "erratic" or "obscure" instead of intellectually challenging and admirable. This is a beautiful book which does challenge the reader, Infinite Jestthe way Literature capital L should do.

On top of the enjoyment of being challenged by the book to figure out what is going on, this might be the most beautifully descriptive book I have every read. Its sense of color and place was just incredible to me. I generally have no patience for descriptions - but what Momaday did in this book was astounding. I've never had such a vivid sense of place. I am in such admiration that he could use words to paint such amazing images."

"Tornerò a questa lettura in futuro, magari dopo aver visto quei colori, dopo aver viaggiato in New Mexico, dopo aver fatto esperienza di altra letteratura nativa. A volte anziché cercare di entrare nei libri dobbiamo farci attraversare da essi ma in questa prima lettura per me non è successa né l’una né l’altra cosa. Se l’incontro di LIT (il book club de La McMusa) ha aperto alcune chiavi di lettura, al momento vado in altre direzioni che mi riporteranno a Casa d’alba in futuro."

"Phew. Did not expect to cry as much as I did listening to this book (highly recommend the audio). What a beautiful story about how different grief shows up when you lose a loved one and how it can make relationships stronger or tear them a part. Absolutely beautiful and recommend for ages 14+"