Love Medicine (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Louise Erdrich
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- 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
Love Medicine is both the title and the main thematic thread that ties fourteen diverse short stories into a novel. Although it refers specifically to traditional Indian magic in one story, in a broader sense “love medicine” refers to the different kinds of spiritual power that enable Erdrich's Chippewa and mixed-blood characters to transcend—however momentarily—the grim circumstances of their lives. Trapped on their shrinking reservation by racism and poverty, plagued by alcoholism, disintegrating families, and violence, some of Erdrich's characters nevertheless...
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Louise Erdrich (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Louise Erdrich (Poetry)Louise Erdrich (Short Fiction)Louise Erdrich (Dictionary of World Biography)Louise Erdrich (Long Fiction)Louise Erdrich (American Indians)Louise Erdrich (Identities and Issues)
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