num_pages: 367
description: The first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, which also includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace, Love Medicine tells the story of two families--the Kashpaws and the Lamartines.Now resequenced by the author with the addition of never-before-published chapters, this is a publishing event equivalent to the presentation of a new and definitive text. Written in Erdrich's uniquely poetic, powerful style, Love Medicine springs to raging a multigenerational portrait of new truths and secrets whose time has come, of strong men and women caught in an unforgettable drama of anger, desire, and the healing power that is Love Medicine . Discover the writer whom Philp Roth called "the most interesting new American novelist to have appeared in years" all over again.
language: English
title: Love Medicine
titlecomplete: Love Medicine
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Literature, Adult, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 25863
places: North Dakota
series: Love Medicine
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial