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Chargement... LaRose: A Novel (original 2016; édition 2017)par Louise Erdrich (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreLaRose par Louise Erdrich (2016)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Like 4.5 stars. Believable characters that I felt empathy for. Excited to read the next one. ( ) Like most of Erdrich's books, LaRose keeps a foot in two worlds, western and Ojibwe, Catholic and Midewiwin, living and dead, stoned and sober, self-destructive and healing. The book centers on the lives of two of its youngest, LaRose, whose name connects him to five generations of ancestors, and Maggie, also led to hold her family together with a wisdom far beyond her years. Her wildness is reminiscent of a young Fleur Pillager. Around these two, the lives of parents, siblings, relatives, even the Rez priest, are in various stages of fracturing and healing. There is a tremendous amount of hope by the end but it is a hope that has been hard earned. This novel has emotional heft from the start. Heartbreaking and then Erdrich explores how that tragedy changes the lives around it, where those lives weren’t necessarily straightforward beforehand. I had previously read The Roundhouse and realised that this book is set in the same Ojibwe setting (native American), although with different main characters. Therefore although the place is worlds away from my rural British environment, Erdrich confidently creates a believable milieu for me and the characters to explore. I love the way that the story effortlessly moves between past and present (well, around 2000), and between generations. There isn’t a neat ending, but there is a sense of resolutions, and beginnings. It is complex in a joyously organic fashion. I thought that there were weaknesses in some characterisation, and after the initial tragedy, several times we might have had more tragic outcomes, but didn’t. But this didn’t detract from the overall arc. In other words, it’s a good story. I think this is only the second Louise Erdrich book I have read. Even though she has won so many awards for her various books, there are just so many books to be read! I think Erdrich is definitely somehow the Tournament of Books underdog -- her books are always out early -- she is always robbed! 'LaRose' wasn't even included in the Tournament! Maybe this would have been the one to take it, if it had been. 'LaRose' is a polyphonic story, mostly focusing on two families as a tragedy hits. But I love that Erdrich can balance tragedy with humor. The characters are richly defined. I would set this book on the shelf beside some other heartrending books about community/family: (most of them having the polyphonic format): 'There There' by Tommy Orange, 'Deacon King Kong' by James McBride, 'Sharks in the Time of Saviors' by Kawai Strong Washburn, 'The House of Broken Angels' by Luis Alberto Urrea, and 'The Rabbit Hutch' by Tess Gunty. That is a rough and tough shelf of books to be besides right there, so I think at this point I'm just spoiled with great books. My standards as a reader are just so unfairly high, I think. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieJustice Trilogy (3) Prix et récompensesDistinctionsListes notables
La 4e de couverture indique : "Dakota du Nord, 1999. Un vent glacial souffle sur la plaine et le ciel, d'un gris acier, recouvre les champs nus d'un linceul. Ici, des coutumes immémoriales marquent le passage des saisons, et c'est la chasse au cerf qui annonce l'entrée dans l'automne. Landreaux Iron, un Indien Ojibwé, est impatient d'honorer la tradition. Sûr de son coup, il vise et tire. Et tandis que l'animal continue de courir sous ses yeux, un enfant s'effondre. Dusty, le fils de son ami et voisin Peter Ravich, avait cinq ans.Ainsi débute le nouveau roman de Louise Erdrich, couronné par le National Book Critics Circle Award, qui vient clore de façon magistrale le cycle initié avec "La Malédiction des colombes" et "Dans le silence du vent". L'auteur continue d'y explorer le poids du passé, de l'héritage culturel, et la notion de justice. Car pour réparer son geste, Landreaux choisira d'observer une ancienne coutume en vertu de laquelle il doit donner LaRose, son plus jeune fils, aux parents en deuil. Une terrible décision dont Louise Erdrich, mêlant passé et présent, imagine avec brio les multiples conséquences." Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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