The Birchbark House
by Louise Erdrich
Taste attributes: historicalfamilyfresh & originalwholesomeimaginarysimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA wholesome historical novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.6 / 5
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About This Book
[In this] story of a young Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children's stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at 'them' as dangers or curiosities, Erdrich, drawing on her family's history, wants to tell about 'us', from the inside.
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- Author
- Louise Erdrich
- Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 244
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- Open Library
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