Louise Erdrich

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 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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The Beet Queen
	On a cold spring morning in 1932, two children, Karl and Mary Adare, leap from a boxcar. Orphaned in a most peculiar way, Karl and Mary have come to Argus, in the heart of rural North Dakota, to seek refuge with their aunt Fritzie, who runs a butcher shop with her husband Pete. So begins this exhilarating tale, spanning some forty years, and brimming with unforgettable characters: ordinary Mary, who causes a miracle; seductive, restless Karl, who lacks his sister’s gift for survival; Sita, their lovely, ambitious, disturbed cousin; Wallace Pfef, a town leader who bears a lonely secret; Celestine James, Mary’s life-long friend; and Celestine’s fearless, wild daughter Dot — the Beet Queen.
‘Violent, passionate, surprising.., small towns, the prairies, sexual obsession — all the matter of the classic American novel. Louise Erdrich is so thoroughly in tune with the surreal poetry of America that when you read her you can hear America singing, the discordant choruses of its multitude of voices, its rough music. The Beet Queen imparts its freshness of vision like an electric shock.’ ANGELA CARTER
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Tales of Burning Love
	"When was the last time you read a book that was equally generous to women and men? A book that made you want to round up all the lovers you’d ever treated badly and show them the kindness they truly deserved? If you’ve craved such a book, spend a few nights with Louise Erdrich’s Tales of Burning Love." - Boston Sunday Globe "The sensation of intimacy this type of writing creates cannot be overestimated. It feels right, therefore, to describe this novel not in terms of literature but companionship: a comfortable, humorous and generous work."Chicago Tribune
"A triumph......... [She] compels her characters to plumb the depths of human nature through storytelling." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Marvellously inventive." — Wall Street Journal "Poignant and sometimes wryly funny." - Seattle Post Intelligencer "A warm and moving story of spiritual rejuvenation and revelation." - Denver Post "Masterful. .. Tales of Burning Love is a bright, loud book." - Harper’s Bazaar "Powerful, magical storytelling... an irresistible fusion of tension, mystery and dramatic momentum." Publishers Weekly
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Tracks
	*"Erdrich's novel is a contemporary Ghost Dance, which promotes the survival of Indians, and suggests that translation is essential to cultural survival." --Prospects Annual***
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Love Medicine
	"...for those who have yet to discover this magical novel and for those who will have the pleasure of experiencing its heartbreak and its hope, this new version is highly recommended." --*Library Journal*
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The Bingo Palace
	"...most of the same powerful characters [from **Love Medicine] are still around causing trouble, some as hovering spirits, some as living beings." --Time**
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