Tracks
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the frozen wilderness of the North Dakota plains at the dawn of the twentieth century, a community fights for its very survival — and Tracks is the haunting chronicle of that struggle. Louise Erdrich centres her narrative on the Ojibwe people, weaving together two unforgettable voices: the elder Nanapush, a wily and wise survivor who narrates with biting humour and profound grief, and Pauline Puyat, a tortured young woman consumed by religious fervour and self-destruction. At the heart of the novel stands Fleur Pillager, a fierce and enigmatic woman whose connection to the spirit world makes her both revered and feared, as her people are stripped of their land through treachery, disease, and the grinding machinery of colonialism. Erdrich writes with lyrical precision, her prose rooted in the rhythms of Ojibwe oral tradition while carrying the weight of tragedy and dark comedy in equal measure. Tracks is the third instalment in her celebrated North Dakota Quartet — which includes Love Medicine and The Beet Queen — and stands as one of the most powerful works of Native American literature ever written. Rich with myth, moral ambiguity, and a cast of characters who refuse to be forgotten, this novel asks a devastating question: what is lost when a people lose their land — and what, against all odds, endures?
Author: Louise Erdrich
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the frozen wilderness of the North Dakota plains at the dawn of the twentieth century, a community fights for its very survival — and Tracks is the haunting chronicle of that struggle. Louise Erdrich centres her narrative on the Ojibwe people, weaving together two unforgettable voices: the elder Nanapush, a wily and wise survivor who narrates with biting humour and profound grief, and Pauline Puyat, a tortured young woman consumed by religious fervour and self-destruction. At the heart of the novel stands Fleur Pillager, a fierce and enigmatic woman whose connection to the spirit world makes her both revered and feared, as her people are stripped of their land through treachery, disease, and the grinding machinery of colonialism. Erdrich writes with lyrical precision, her prose rooted in the rhythms of Ojibwe oral tradition while carrying the weight of tragedy and dark comedy in equal measure. Tracks is the third instalment in her celebrated North Dakota Quartet — which includes Love Medicine and The Beet Queen — and stands as one of the most powerful works of Native American literature ever written. Rich with myth, moral ambiguity, and a cast of characters who refuse to be forgotten, this novel asks a devastating question: what is lost when a people lose their land — and what, against all odds, endures?