The Painted Drum (P.S.) - Softcover

Erdrich, Louise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060515112 ISBN 13: 9780060515119

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2006

Synopsis

While appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family descended from a North Dakota Indian agent, Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose skin and cedar drum fashioned long ago by an Ojibwe artisan. And so begins an illuminating journey both backward and forward in time, following the strange passage of a powerful yet delicate instrument, and revealing the extraordinary lives it has touched and defined. Compelling and unforgettable, Louise Erdrich's Painted Drum explores the often fraught relationship between mothers and daughters, the strength of family, and the intricate rhythms of grief with all the grace, wit, and startling beauty that characterizes this acclaimed author's finest work.

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Review:

"A brilliant creation: it possesses the instantly persuasive strangeness of something faithful to life."--New York Times Book Review

"Haunted and haunting... With fearlessness and humility... [Erdrich] inspires readers to open their hearts."--Washington Post Book World

"Erdrich soars in scenes that are resonant, poetic and exact, visions that will remain imprinted on the reader's mind."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Erdrich at her most accomplished. . . . Startling imagery and remarkable insights into love, foolishness, bravery and betrayal."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"A lovely addition . . . to a growing landscape as memorable and enduring as William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County.--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A top-notch read and one of her finest efforts."--Denver Post

"This is her best book yet."--Providence Journal

"This is simply a good book... Neatly etched characters, finely calibrated prose, and flashes of wisdom and wit throughout."--Christian Science Monitor

"Complex and graceful . . . Her most recent work shows Erdrich only becoming better with time."--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"One of her best novels... Erdrich's writing has become richer, her voice wiser... She shies away from nothing."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

About the Author:

Louise Erdrich is the author of fifteen novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, short stories, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction. The Plague of Doves won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and her debut novel, Love Medicine, was the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Erdrich has received the Library of Congress Prize in American Fiction, the prestigious PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060515112
• ISBN 13: 9780060515119
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304