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The Plague of Doves (Record no. 13836)

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fixed length control field 01981nam a2200193 4500
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2007033626
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780060515126
024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 164803683
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PS3555.R42 P55
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Louise Erdrich
245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Plague of Doves
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Harper
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 320 pages
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Louise Erdrich's mesmerizing new novel, her first in almost three years, centers on a compelling mystery. The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent distortions of truth transform the lives of Ojibwe living on the nearby reservation and shape the passions of both communities for the next generation. The descendants of Ojibwe and white intermarry, their lives intertwine; only the youngest generation, of mixed blood, remains unaware of the role the past continues to play in their lives. Evelina Harp is a witty, ambitious young girl, part Ojibwe, part white, who is prone to falling hopelessly in love. Mooshum, Evelina's grandfather, is a seductive storyteller, a repository of family and tribal history with an all-too-intimate knowledge of the violent past. Nobody understands the weight of historical injustice better than Judge Antone Bazil Coutts, a thoughtful mixed blood who witnesses the lives of those who appear before him, and whose own love life reflects the entire history of the territory. In distinct and winning voices, Erdrich's narrators unravel the stories of different generations and families in this corner of North Dakota. Bound by love, torn by history, the two communities' collective stories finally come together in a wrenching truth revealed in the novel's final pages.The Plague of Doves is one of the major achievements of Louise Erdrich's considerable oeuvre, a quintessentially American story and the most complex and original of her books.
521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE
Target audience note 960
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mystery
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