The Night Watchman
by Louise Erdrich
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalpoliticalslowheavyrealisticsimplelinearemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentaryfish out of water/culture clash
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, moving novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.8 / 5
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About This Book
Based on the extraordinary life of Louis Erdrich's grandfather Patrick Gourneau, who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, with lightness and gravity, and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a literary master.
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- Author
- Louise Erdrich
- Published
- 2020
- Pages
- 464
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