The Antelope Wife
Originally an important hunting ground for the Ojibway, Minneapolis draws many Native people from nearby reservations, who infuse the city with a strong and ongoing Native presence as well as a potent indigenous past. This story brings to life the people who live in or around this Midwestern...
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Originally an important hunting ground for the Ojibway, Minneapolis draws many Native people from nearby reservations, who infuse the city with a strong and ongoing Native presence as well as a potent indigenous past. This story brings to life the people who live in or around this Midwestern city. And like a modern city itself, it portrays people of all backgrounds and is a mixture of vibrant cultures and ideas. But also like a modern city, it has an edge, troubled by violence.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061767968 (0061767964)
ASIN: 61767964
Publish date: August 28th 2012
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Drama,
Female Authors,
Magical Realism
A warm, unpretentious novel chronicling the lives of several generations of Ojibwa families. Funny and terribly sad at the same time, Erdrich pulls along her readers like beads on a string.
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