"When we dance the earth trembles. When our steps fall on the earth we feel the shudder of life beneath us, and the earth feels the beating of our hearts, and we become one with the earth. We shall never sever ourselves from the earth. We must chant our being, and we must dance in time with the rhythm of the earth. We must keep the earth."

The prose in this book is beautiful. Momaday's words give me a feeling of loneliness and nostalgia.

My only complaint is that the book feels disjointed. Momaday describes this work as a "spiritual autobiography," but I struggled to see how the segments connected together to form this.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy!