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Louise Erdrich returns to her perennial character Fleur Pillager to tell a story of vengeance. Determined to kill a man named John James Mauser, the wealthy, underhanded developer who long ago stole her land in North Dakota, she gets a job in his Minneapolis home as a laundress. When she discovers that Mauser is actually an invalid, she knows she needs to make him well enough to be murdered. As she accomplishes this, their relationship takes a strange turn, and Fleur's impulse to revenge is more complicated than she thought. Deeply embedded in Erdrich's ongoing saga about the Ojibwe people (now nine volumes long), FOUR SOULS draws deeply on characters and events from Fleur's history and that of her people. A New York Times Notable Book for 2004.
| Size | | Length: | 209 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 6.7 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[T]he tale's swiftness has a pleasing rhythm....A welcome addition, then, to a uniquely enthralling and important American story."
Kirkus (04/15/2004)
"The themes of fruitless revenge and redemption are strong here, especially when combined with the pull of [Erdrich's] lyrical prose; Erdrich...will certainly satisfy her already significant audience."
Publishers Weekly (05/10/2004)
"[Erdrich's] shifting of voices and stories, ranging back and forth in time and place, may sound dauntingly complicated; luckily, it doesn't read that way. In fact, the progression of events feels natural and unforced, full of satisfying yet unexpected twists. The book begins with clean, spare prose, but finishes in gorgeous incantation and poetry."
New York Times Book Review - Karen Joy Fowler (07/04/2004)
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