Ebook {Epub PDF} The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich

 · The Antelope Wife centers on the Roys and the Shawanos, two closely related Ojibwa (or Chippewa) families living in modern-day Gakahbekong, or Minneapolis. Urban Native Americans of mixed blood, they are “ scattered like beads off a necklace and put back together in new patterns, new strings, ” and Erdrich follows them through two failed marriages, a “ kamikaze ” wedding, and several tragic Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. As Louise Erdrich's magical novel The Antelope Wife opens, a cavalry soldier pursues a dog with an Ojibwa baby strapped to its back. For days he follows them through "the vast carcass of the world west of the Otter Tail River" until finally the dog allows him to approach and handle the child--a girl, not yet weaned, who latches onto his nipples until, miraculously, they begin to give milk/5(78). by Louise Erdrich. To follow the trail of Erdrich's narrative in The Antelope Wife, remember a few essential things: 1. Time is not a linear process but a pool of information at which we drink. On the last page the story folds back nearly a hundred years to its beginning and, in the same paragraph, reaches forward twenty-five years past its own end, because what we need to know swims quietly in those two .

Erdrich's stunningly imagined sixth novel follows the trail blazed by such well-received predecessors as The Bingo Palace (). Over several generations, a strange symbiosis binds, as it divides, two families, the Roys and the Shawanos. Erdrich begins with a cryptic image—of women sewing beads into an indiscernible pattern-then briefly tells the story of Scranton Roy, who is drawn westward. The Antelope Wife extends the branches of the families who populate Louise Erdrich's earlier novels, and once again, her unsentimental, unsparing writing captures the Native American sense of despair, magic, and humor. Antelope Wife, The by Louise Erdrich and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru - Antelope Wife, the by Erdrich, Louise - AbeBooks Skip to main content.

The Antelope Wife (, ) by Louise Erdrich is a novel of magical realism. The book won the World Fantasy Award. In , Erdrich released an updated edition of the novel. This edition features new cover art, interviews with the author, and some entirely new content, including extra chapters. by Louise Erdrich. To follow the trail of Erdrich's narrative in The Antelope Wife, remember a few essential things: 1. Time is not a linear process but a pool of information at which we drink. On the last page the story folds back nearly a hundred years to its beginning and, in the same paragraph, reaches forward twenty-five years past its own end, because what we need to know swims quietly in those two places. The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich. First Edition, hardcover, pages, ISBN: Very rare, valuable First Edition. Pages clean, no library stamps, no annotations, no marks. Original dustjacket in excellent condition. An excellent collectible copy of this great work of literature by Louise Erdrich.