Louise Erdrich has now substantially revised and expanded the novel for this edition, to complement its companion novels, ‘The Beet Queen, ‘Tracks’ and ‘The Bingo Palace’. Initially, Erdrich wrote 'The Worlds Greatest Fisherman' after she earned her masters degree in creative writing, and this short story later became the basis for the entire novel. Greeted with great critical acclaim when first published in 1984, ‘Love Medicine’ won the US National Book Critics’ Circle Award. Originally released in 1984, Love Medicine is Louise Erdrichs first published novel.
We meet the sensual Lulu Lamartine, whose children have different fathers, but whose passionate tie to her first love, Nector Kashpaw, intensifies over the years June Kashpaw, who froze to death in a snowstorm and the philosophical Lipsha Morrissey, June’s abandoned son, who makes a love medicine to keep his grandparents together. Set on and around a North Dakota reservation, ‘Love Medicine’ tells the story of the Lamartines and the Kashpaws – two extraordinary families whose fates are united and sustained in a harsh world by the strength and diversity of their love. Beautiful reissue of Louise Erdrich’s most famous novel, from one of the most celebrated American writers of her generation and winner of the National Book Award 2012. Community in Louise Erdrichs Love Medicine Karla Sanders Buena Vista University A member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Louise Erdrich cre-ates families in Love Medicine who arise from two traditions: the Chippewa culture of their ancestors and the Western traditions brought by Catholic missionaries who sought to 'civilize' the tribe.
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