Dog-Eared Dialogues - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
- Author
- Mick and Pat
- Published
- Thu 29 May 2025
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- None
What begins as a historical Western confession soon morphs into a blood-soaked supernatural tale in Stephen Graham Jones's masterpiece "The Buffalo Hunter Hunter." This story spans generations, following three narrators whose lives intertwine across time—Etsy Bukarn, a modern-day academic; her ancestor Arthur Bukarn, a Lutheran pastor in 1912 Montana; and Good Stab, an ancient Blackfeet warrior with a dark secret.
When Good Stab arrives at Arthur's remote church to offer his "confession," he unfolds a tale that challenges everything the pastor believes. Through richly textured language that gradually teaches readers the Blackfeet way of seeing the world—where buffalo are "black horns" and mountain lions are "hungry mouths"—we witness the systematic destruction of a people and their sacred relationship with the buffalo. But beneath this historical narrative lurks something more sinister.
Jones brilliantly transforms mythology into a profound metaphor for cultural survival and identity. What makes this novel extraordinary is how it seamlessly blends supernatural horror with authentic historical and cultural perspectives. Jones, himself a member of the Blackfeet Nation, creates characters of genuine moral complexity. The novel explores themes of penance, absolution, and cultural lineage without ever feeling didactic or sacrificing its pulse-pounding narrative. "The Buffalo Hunter Hunter" will haunt you long after its final page, challenging what you thought you knew about American history, horror fiction, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we really are.
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