false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255643485m/2227528.jpg 2227528 10 <p> Louise Erdrich's mesmerizing new novel, her first in almost three years, centers on a compelling mystery. The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent distortions of truth transform the lives of Ojibwe living on the nearby reservation and shape the passions of both communities for the next generation. The descendants of Ojibwe and white intermarry, their lives intertwine; only the youngest generation, of mixed blood, remains unaware of the role the past continues to play in their lives. </p> <p> Evelina Harp is a witty, ambitious young girl, part Ojibwe, part white, who is prone to falling hopelessly in love. Mooshum, Evelina's grandfather, is a seductive storyteller, a repository of family and tribal history with an all-too-intimate knowledge of the violent past. Nobody understands the weight of historical injustice better than Judge Antone Bazil Coutts, a thoughtful mixed blood who witnesses the lives of those who appear before him, and whose own love life reflects the entire history of the territory. In distinct and winning voices, Erdrich's narrators unravel the stories of different generations and families in this corner of North Dakota. Bound by love, torn by history, the two communities' collective stories finally come together in a wrenching truth revealed in the novel's final pages. </p> <p> <i>The Plague of Doves</i> is one of the major achievements of Louise Erdrich's considerable oeuvre, a quintessentially American story and the most complex and original of her books. </p> 2658613 book 1 5 2008 The Plague of Doves: A Novel total:1356|5:324|4:547|3:341|2:120|1:27| 1356 5088 2688 446 5 4 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 16 11:17:37 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 14 06:06:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 07:36:47 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 05:42:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 13:28:35 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 09:28:51 -0700 2008 The Plague of Doves in they July 17 issue of the New York Review of Books (or NYRB - p...more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 02:30:27 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 02:31:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 17:45:08 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 03:54:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 06:25:40 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 10:07:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 22:17:12 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 07:19:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 14:14:22 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 08:23:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 17:53:39 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 23:45:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 16:52:10 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 22:01:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 06 09:56:20 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 10:07:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 18:31:05 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 18:31:05 -0700 2009 3 3 false false Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 06:23:45 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 12:32:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 23 06:50:26 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 06:57:42 -0700 2008
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I adored this book, and am still visiting the world Erdrich has created. This is a poetic novel, not a plot driven one. I'm convinced that the plot confusions are authorial choices that carry meaning. Near the end of the book a charact...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 29 09:26:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 09:54:23 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2227528