Four Souls: A Novel [Paperback]

FromNew York Timesbestselling author Louise Erdrich comes a haunting novel that continues the rich and enthralling Ojibwe saga begun in her novelTracks.

After taking her mother’s name, Four Souls, for strength, the strange and compelling Fleur Pillager walks from her Ojibwe reservation to the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. She is seeking restitution from and revenge on the lumber baron who has stripped her tribe’s land. But revenge is never simple, and her intentions are complicated by her dangerous compassion for the man who wronged her.

 

 

After taking her mother’s name, Four Souls, for strength, the strange, compelling Fleur Pillager walks from her Ojibwe reservation to the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. She seeks restitution from and revenge on the lumber baron who has stripped her reservation. But revenge is never simple, and her intentions are complicated by her dangerous compassion for the man who wronged her.

Powerful and haunting.Stunning flights of lyricism.Vividly evoked &A welcome addition, then, to a uniquely enthralling and important American story.Fleurs story, along with comic subplots involving the narrators, is marked by imagery both poetic and moving.Great originality and charm.FOUR SOULS juxtaposes & the ribald and the elegiac.