Tracks

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Tracks is the stunning new novel by Louise Erdrich, who in the past five years has emerged as one of America s most respected novelists. Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Told in the alternating voices of a wise, astute leader of the tribe, and a young, increasingly embittered mixed-blood woman, the novel chronicles the drama of daily lives overshadowed by the clash of cultures and mythologies. The first voice is that of Nanapush, three times a widower, saved from epidemic and despair by his wit and art of storytelling. Counterpoint to him is Pauline, torn by the fervent conflicts of ancient Chippewa beliefs and Christianity. At the center of the storm is Fleur Pillager: witch, lover, wife, mother, and avenger. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and the trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink... Tovább

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Tracks is the stunning new novel by Louise Erdrich, who in the past five years has emerged as one of America s most respected novelists. Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Told in the alternating voices of a wise, astute leader of the tribe, and a young, increasingly embittered mixed-blood woman, the novel chronicles the drama of daily lives overshadowed by the clash of cultures and mythologies. The first voice is that of Nanapush, three times a widower, saved from epidemic and despair by his wit and art of storytelling. Counterpoint to him is Pauline, torn by the fervent conflicts of ancient Chippewa beliefs and Christianity. At the center of the storm is Fleur Pillager: witch, lover, wife, mother, and avenger. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and the trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance-yet their pride and humor prohibit surrender. Tracks is set earliest in time within the cycle of extraordinary books that includes Louise Erdrich's prize-winning and bestselling Love Medicine and The Beet Queen. Readers familiar with the author s previous novels will meet again in these pages the young Lulu Lamartine, Sister Leopolda, Nector and Eli Kashpaw, and Marie Lazarre. Those who enter this fictional world for the first time will experience the shock of pure pleasure in (Continued on back flapj
(Continued from front flapj encountering a group of characters as compelling and rich as any in contemporary literature in their vigor, clarity and indomitable vitality Louise Erdrich was born in 1954 and grew up in North Dakota. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband/collaborator, Michael Dorris, also a novelist, and their five children. In addition to her three novels, Ms. Erdrich has published a volume of poems entitled Jackiight. Vissza