The Night Watchman
A Novel
by Louise Erdrich
Should I read this?
Recommended by 1 source and appears in Native American, Historical Fiction, and Fiction.
Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Awardwinning author Louise Erdrichs grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant pr...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Native American, Historical Fiction, and Fiction.
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Bethanne Patrick
“1. I can't say enough good things about THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Erdrich. I think her personal connection (the protagonist is based on her grandfather) has made this one of her finest novels.”
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