Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes, and it also has many interesting books. In this series, we are sharing some of the books we like from Minnesota, or Minnesota authors.
We are mapping our literary journey around Minnesota, so you can see all the interesting places where our books are set. Follow our progress on our Google Map, accessible by clicking that link or searching for the title CMLE Reads Across Minnesota!
Louise Erdrich did not set this book in Minnesota, but it was in North Dakota (hi, Neighbor!); and we of course want to celebrate all Minnesota-connected authors! For our map, we are locating this book in the town she was born: Little Falls, Minnesota. (The fact that this town is in the CMLE system, and all their local libraries are CMLE members, is just a wonderful addition!!)
From Goodreads:
“An exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.
One of the most revered novelists of our time – a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life – Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves with The Round House, transporting readers to the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. It is an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.
Riveting and suspenseful, arguably the most accessible novel to date from the creator of Love Medicine, The Beet Queen, and The Bingo Palace, Erdrich’s The Round House is a page-turning masterpiece of literary fiction – at once a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a tender, moving novel of family, history, and culture. “
Erdrich’s The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse is seldom mentioned. It’s somewhat dense, but I found it thought provoking when I read it a few years ago.