The Place in Flowers Where Pollen Rests

Paul West. Collier Books, $9.95 (490pp) ISBN 978-0-02-038260-7

``West's astonishing novel, which maps the lives of Indians in the American Southwest, reveals a Joycean genius in its exuberant play of language, and its mythic resonances,'' acclaimed PW , declaring that ``West's prose, dazzling in its fecundity, affirms the erotic nature of the literary act.'' (Oct.)

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