Louise Erdrich
Also, what kind of novel is love medicine?
Novel Historical Fiction Family saga
One may also ask, who is the protagonist in love medicine? Marie Lazarre Kashpaw (Honorable Mention: June Kashpaw) There's an argument to be made for June as the protagonist, since the story kind of unravels around her death, but since she's not really an active, living character for most of the book, we have to give the nod to Marie.
In this way, when was Love Medicine published?
1984
Where Does Love Medicine take place?
Setting. Most of Love Medicine takes place on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation in North Dakota, or in the area close to it. The story spans a period of 50 years, from 1934 to 1984.
What is the theme of love medicine?
Survival. Survival in different contexts is an important theme in Love Medicine. Most of the characters are survivors, in one sense or another, though conditions of survival have changed. Rushes Bear, old Nanapush, Eli, and Moses come from a time of epidemics and government land claims.How many pages are in love medicine?
Love Medicine| First edition | |
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| Author | Louise Erdrich |
| Publication date | 1984 1993 (rev. ed.) 2009 (rev. ed.) |
| Media type | Hardcover & Paperback |
| Pages | 275 pp. 367 pp. (rev. ed. paperback) |