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This book is composed of stories of related native American people living mainly in North Dakota. The stories have connections to earlier stories in the book, but I'm inclined not to consider it a novel. It could be argued that it is a novel though. The events of the book take place over a period of several decades.
Erdrich has many sentences, sometimes dialog, sometimes not, which are thought-provoking, clever, or amusing or a combination of the three and I thought that the best feature of the b ...more
Erdrich has many sentences, sometimes dialog, sometimes not, which are thought-provoking, clever, or amusing or a combination of the three and I thought that the best feature of the b ...more
I found this one more confusing than Tracks, but still an amazing book, worthy of 5 stars. The range of the characters and the use of language are just amazing.
Erdrich is a masterful writer and I enjoyed reading this story of 2 Native American families, the Kashpaws and the Lamartines. The story begins and ends with sad women which today, on the day of Women's marches all over the country, is sad all over again, and appropriate.
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