The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

At a glance:

  • Author: Louise Erdrich
  • First Published: 2001
  • Type of Work: Novel
  • Time of Work: 1910-1945, 1962, 1996
  • Setting: The Ozhibi’iganan reservation in North Dakota
  • Principal Characters: Agnes DeWitt, Nanapush
  • Genres: Long fiction
  • Subjects: 1960’s
  • Locales: North Dakota

The seventh novel by Louise Erdrich to center on the inhabitants of the Ozhibi’iganan reservation, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse explores the life of Father Damien Modeste and his lifelong commitment to the Ojibwe tribe at Little No Horse. Those who are familiar with the preceding novels in the series will again delight in Erdrich’s gifts as a storyteller and her unerring ability to create vivid characters. Like the playwright August Wilson, whose works chart the African American experience in the twentieth century, Erdrich eschews the great world...

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