Love Medicine (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Louise Erdrich
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Plot: Interwoven tales
- Time of Work: From 1934 to 1984
- Setting: A North Dakota Indian reservation and nearby towns
- Principal Characters: Nector Kashpaw, Marie Lazarre Kashpaw, Lulu Lamartine, Gerry Nanapush, Albertine Johnson, June Morrissey Kashpaw, Lipsha Morrissey
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Domestic realism, Family literature, Adventure
- Subjects: Culture, Blizzards, Family or family life, Tradition, Prisons, Twentieth century, Nature, Prostitution or prostitutes, Dreams, Poverty or poor people, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Native Americans or American Indians, Storytelling, Adultery, Multiculturalism, Death or dying, Illegitimacy, Spiritualism, Lifestyles, Intermarriage, Convents or nunneries
- Locales: Chippewa Indian Reservation
The Novel
Love Medicine is a series of tales (many of them originally published independently) which explore the ties of blood, knowledge, love, and mystery that link three generations of Chippewa people. As independent stories told from the viewpoint of various members of the Kashpaw, Lamartine, and Nanapush families, the tales have many strengths. One is the use of language that subtly reflects each narrator. The images, phrasing, and vocabulary of the urbanized characters, such as Beverly Lamartine, differ from the language of those whose lives still center on the...
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