| The Painted Drum Contributor(s): Erdrich, Louise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060515112 ISBN-13: 9780060515119 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Faye Travers discovers a rare Native American drum while appraising an estate in New Hampshire. The drum's passage is traced both forward and backward in time, revealing how it changed the lives of those whose paths it crossed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - New Hampshire - Cultural Region - New England |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 101801 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Haunted and haunting. . . . With fearlessness and humility, in a narrative that flows more artfully than ever between destruction and rebirth, Erdrich has opened herself to possibilities beyond what we merely see--to the dead alive and busy, to the breath of trees and the souls of wolves--and inspires readers to open their hearts to these mysteries as well."-- Washington Post Book World From the author of the National Book Award Winner The Round House, Louise Erdrich's breathtaking, lyrical novel of a priceless Ojibwe artifact and the effect it has had on those who have come into contact with it over the years. While appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family descended from a North Dakota Indian agent, Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose skin and cedar drum fashioned long ago by an Ojibwe artisan. And so begins an illuminating journey both backward and forward in time, following the strange passage of a powerful yet delicate instrument, and revealing the extraordinary lives it has touched and defined. Compelling and unforgettable, Louise Erdrich's Painted Drum explores the often-fraught relationship between mothers and daughters, the strength of family, and the intricate rhythms of grief with all the grace, wit, and startling beauty that characterizes this acclaimed author's finest work. |
Contributor Bio(s): Erdrich, Louise: - Louise Erdrich is the author of fifteen novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, short stories, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction. The Plague of Doves won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and her debut novel, Love Medicine, was the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Erdrich has received the Library of Congress Prize in American Fiction, the prestigious PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. |