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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
Fabric Type: 9780060515133
Fax Number: 1
Legal Disclaimer: 0060515139
Maximum Color Depth: Harper Perennial
Metal Type: Harper Perennial
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 352
Total External Bays Free: May 01, 2009
Total Firewire Ports: Harper Perennial
Total Parallel Ports: May 12, 2009
Harper Perennial
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The unsolved murder of a farm family still haunts the white small town of Pluto, North Dakota, generations after the vengeance exacted and the distortions of fact transformed the lives of Ojibwe living on the nearby reservation.
Part Ojibwe, part white, Evelina Harp is an ambitious young girl prone to falling hopelessly in love. Mooshum, Evelina's grandfather, is a repository of family and tribal history with an all-too-intimate knowledge of the violent past. And Judge Antone Bazil Coutts, who bears witness, understands the weight of historical injustice better than anyone. Through the distinct and winning voices of three unforgettable narrators, the collective stories of two interwoven communities ultimately come together to reveal a final wrenching truth.
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With Louise Erdrich as the author of this book, it pretty much goes without saying that the writing is excellent. But I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I'd been able to keep the characters straight. The book jumps from narrator to narrator and generation to generation, and I just didn't have a chance. Often the new narrator is someone only distantly connected (by relationship, all the action takes place in the same general area) to a previous narrator, and I kept asking Who is this person? ... Read More
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I'll admit that I was disappointed with The Plague of Doves. I've read a little of Erdrich's work in the past, and this novel had certainly drawn some praise. It has its moments. You see many instances in the book of Erdrich's genius, but it doesn't add up, somehow, into a full novel for me. The whole thing just didn't quite live up to expectations.
The novel feels a little more like a collection of stories than like a novel, though the characters are all related to one another in some way. ... Read More
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I enjoyed this book. Not quite as good as "The Master Butchers Singing Club" but very good, nonetheless.
Keeps your attention and interest.
I have more of Erdrich's books and I'm looking forward to reading them.
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I am generally a fan of Erdrich, but cannot recommend this book. As stated in other posts, the story is disjointed, the plethora of names and relationships very difficult to keep track of, and many of the characters are not particularly well drawn. I was never truely drawn in by either the plot or the characters, and some of the stories went nowhere. It also was not as evocative of the Indian culture nor did it have the sense of place that I've enjoyed so much in her other novels. In the end, I still ... Read More
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The Plague of Doves: A Novel (P.S.)Generally very interesting, but sometimes confusing. Not a book for children.
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