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by Louise Erdrich
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Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it 12 years ago
A short, intense novel set in North Dakota on an Ojibwe indian reservation. Joe's world is turned upside down when his mother is attacked, and with his friends, he starts to unravel the secrets of adulthood and a dark, dark situation. I can recommend this one to adults, but there content that isn't ...
willemite
willemite rated it 13 years ago
UPDATED - 1/16/13 - see links a bottomThe Round House is a knockout of a book.Louise Erdrich is one of the true deities in America's literary Olympus. With The Round House she has used her mythic creative powers to give us a book that can be read as a page-turner about a terrible crime, the attempt ...
miscellaneous debris
miscellaneous debris rated it 13 years ago
This is a fine example of my favorite type of fiction: one that gives me a glimpse of people whose perspectives and upbringing differ dramatically from my own yet shows the emotional currency that we all share. Erdrich demonstrates that as humans, we can find common ground in the intrinsic desire fo...
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