6/28/2023 0 Comments The painted drum by louise erdrichEven in this description of a seemingly calm and bucolic task, we can hear hints of the violence and difficulty of the events soon to come, as Joe pries loose the truth of a long and painful story. They had grown into the unseen wall and it was difficult to pry them loose," Joe tells us. "Small trees had attacked my parents' house at the foundation. The novel opens in Joe's 13th summer - in 1988 - as we see him and his father at work in the garden of their house on the North Dakota reservation. HarperCollins, 25.95 (277pp) ISBN 978-0-06-051510-2 Though Erdrich's latest lyrical novel returns to Ojibwe territory ( Four Souls Love Medicine. The narrator is an Ojibwe lawyer named Joe Coutts, son of tribal judge Bazil Coutts and tribal clerk Geraldine Coutts. 23 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified From the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 2012 comes this elegantly crafted. It's her latest novel, and, I would argue, her best so far. Never before has she given us a novel with a single narrative voice so smart, rich and full of surprises as she has in The Round House. In more than a dozen books of fiction - mostly novel length - that make up a large part of her already large body of work, Erdrich has given us a multitude of narrative voices and stories. I've devoted many hours in my life to reading, and among these hours many of them belong to the creations of novelist Louise Erdrich. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Round House Author Louise Erdrich
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