Louise Erdrich. First edition, third printing. Dust Jacket: Fine. An unclipped jacket in a mylar protective wrapper. Jacket beautifully designed by Oliver Munday. Hardcover: Fine. New York: Harper Collins, 2012. No writing or markings in this book, 321 pp.
Louise Erdrich is such a profound and gifted storyteller that one always expects an exceptional literary gift in each of her books. The Round House will exceed any expectations as well. It is a rare and brilliant novel. The story begins in 1988 when a Ojibwe woman is attacked on the reservation, an event which leaves her traumatized and her family devastated. Many in the book world consider this her most powerful novel.
The author won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her work in the past and this particular book won a National Book Award in 2012.
