";s:4:"text";s:2008:"The Round House book. And at that point, “The Round House” becomes a thriller, but one with literary, not just whodunit, muscle, as Ms. Erdrich combines psychological insight … In addition, this novel explores issues concerning rape and survival and white prejudice against Native Americans. One of the most revered novelists of our time - a brilliant chro... Read 9,328 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. 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.
Cheuse teaches … Geraldine and Judge Bazil Coutts, who figured prominently in the earlier book, are … The round house itself stands on reservation land, where tribal courts are in charge, but the suspect is white, and tribal courts can’t prosecute … Erdrich returns to the North Dakota Ojibwe community she introduced in The Plague of Doves (2008)—akin but at a remove from the community she created in the continuum of books from Love Medicine to The Red Convertible—in this story about the aftermath of a rape.. Over a decade has passed. It's … Read 9,328 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Readers also will get a general idea of what it was like to live on a reservation in the 1970s and … It is a very good novel, it tells a poignant tale and will give you something to reflect on.
Erdrich, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, sets her newest (after Shadow Tag) in 1988 in an Ojibwe community in North Dakota; the story pulses with urgency as …
Book Review: 'The Round House,' By Louise Erdrich Alan Cheuse reviews Louise Erdrich's latest novel "The Round House."