![]() ![]() ![]() Even 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. The narrator is an Ojibwe lawyer named Joe Coutts, son of tribal judge Bazil Coutts and tribal clerk Geraldine Coutts. 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. The Round House by Louise Erdrich focuses on the rape and assault of Geraldine Coutts.Erdrich is an American writer popularly known for writing books that focus on the Native American culture. Very humane sensitive portrayal of how he dealt with a horrific crime committed against his mother. 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. Beautiful book, kind of a coming of age story about a 13 year old who lives on a reservation. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Round House Author Louise Erdrich ![]()
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