the round house a novel by louise erdrich

Through Joe’s narration, which is by turns raunchy and emotionally immediate, Erdrich perceptively chronicles the attack’s disastrous effect on the family’s domestic life, their community, and Joe’s own premature introduction to a violent world. But revenge exacts a tragic price, and Joe is jarringly ushered into an adult realm of anguished guilt and ineffable sadness.

The teen quickly grows frustrated with the slow pace of the law, so Joe and three friends take matters into their own hands. When tribal enrollment expert Geraldine Coutts is viciously attacked, her ordeal is made even more devastating by the legal ambiguities surrounding the location and perpetrator of the assault-did the attack occur on tribal, federal, or state land? Is the aggressor white or Indian? As Geraldine becomes enveloped by depression, her husband, Bazil (the tribal judge), and their 13-year-old son, Joe, try desperately to identify her assailant and bring him to justice. : The Round House: A Novel (9780062357274) by Erdrich, Louise and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at. At the start of the novel, Joe helps his father, Judge Bazil Coutts, dig out seedlings that have sprouted in their house’s foundation. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Round House and what it means.

Erdrich, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, sets her newest (after Shadow Tag) in 1988 in an Ojibwe community in North Dakota the story pulses with urgency as she probes the moral and legal ramifications of a terrible act of violence. Books by Louise Erdrich (Author of The Round House) Books by Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich Average rating 3. A summary of Chapter 1 in Louise Erdrichs The Round House.

The round house a novel by louise erdrich