Crazy Weather

Ursula K. Le Guin selected Crazy Weather for her contribution to Pharos Editions citing Charles McNichols offhanded skill, the ease with which (he) takes us deep into a complex society and the complex minds and hearts of its people. In four days of "glory-hunting" with an Indian comrade, South Boy, who is white, realizes he must choose between two cultures. Le Guin explains how she finds Crazy Weather to be about a soul not at home and not at peace: South Boy, who on the verge of manhood is living in and between two worlds, without a clear way to go in either. Crazy Weather is a unique tale of American identity that serves as an important document in our cultural history.