Louise Erdrich, A PLAGUE OF DOVES
May 23rd, 2008
We talk with acclaimed novelist Louise Erdrich about her latest work of fiction, A PLAGUE OF DOVES.
In this masterful tale, Erdrich explores themes of violence, revenge, secrets, and the postponement of justice. The novel centers around a murder and lynching that occurred almost a century ago and how they reverberate through the generations of Native Americans and whites in a fictional town in a North Dakota reservation.
Louise Erdrich is one of the most celebrated member of the literary Native American Renaissance. Her novel LOVE MEDICINE won the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award and is still in print.
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