内容简介
BeautifulreissueofLouiseErdrich’smostfamousnovel,fromoneofthemostcelebratedAmericanwritersofhergeneration.SetonandaroundaNorthDakotareservation,'LoveMedicine'tellsoftheintertwinedfatesoftwofamilies,theLamartinesandtheKashpaws.Thewomenattheheartofthisextraordinarycommunityaresurvivorsinaharshandtumultuousworld,unitedandsustainedbythestrengthanddiversityoftheirlove–thesweetdelusionoftheflesh;thepowerfulpullofbloodties;theaffectionfortheoldwaysvyingwiththeirresistiblelureofthenew.Theirvoicesmingleandblendtoformacontinuousbraidedsequenceofnarrativeswhichpulsewiththesheerenergyanddramaoflife.Greetedwithgreatcriticalacclaimwhenfirstpublishedin1984,'LoveMedicine'wontheUSNationalBookCritics'CircleAward.LouiseErdrichhasnowsubstantiallyrevisedandexpandedthenovelforthisedition,tocomplementitscompanionnovels,'TheBeetQueen,Tracks'and'TheBingoPalace'.
作者简介
LouiseErdrichistheauthoroftwelvenovelsaswellasvolumesofpoetry,children'sbooks,andamemoirofearlymotherhood.Herdebutnovel,LoveMedicine,wontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.TheLastReportontheMiraclesatLittleNoHorsewasafinalistfortheNationalBookAward.Hermostrecentnovel,ThePlagueofDoves,aNewYorkTimesbestseller,receivedthehighestpraisefromPhilipRoth,whowrote,"LouiseErdrich'simaginativefreedomhasreacheditszenith—ThePlagueofDovesisherdazzlingmasterpiece."LouiseErdrichlivesinMinnesotawithherdaughtersandistheownerofBirchbarkBooks,asmallindependentbookstore.