"[Erdrich's] accomplishment in these pages is Tolstoy-like: to render human particularity so meticulously and with such fierce passion as to convey the great, glittering movement of time." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Writing in prose that combines the magical sleight of hand of Gabriel García Márquez with the earthy, American rhythms of Faulkner.[Ms. Erdrich] has written what is arguably her most ambitious--and in many ways, her most deeply affecting--work yet." -- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times "An intricate tale of heartbreak and humor . wondrous novel. What marks these stories .is what has always set Erdrich apart and made her work seem miraculous: the jostling of pathos and comedy.
Sit down and listen carefully." -- Washington Post Book World "Wholly felt and exquisitely rendered tales of memory and magic.an intricate tapestry that deeply satisfies the mind, the heart, and the spirit." -- Pam Houston, O, The Oprah Magazine "The stories told by [Erdrich's] characters offer pleasures of language, of humor, of sheer narrative momentum, that shine even in the darkest moments of the book." -- Boston Globe "Erdrich deftly weaves past and present, and her literary territory is as intricate as Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County." -- MORE Magazine "One can only marvel.at Erdrich's amazing ability to do what so few of us can - shape words into phrases and sentences of incomparable beauty that, then, pour forth a mesmerizing story." -- USA Today "Mesmerizing.
Erdrich .communicate[s] the complexity and the mystery of human relationships." -- Booklist (starred review) "To read Louise Erdrich's thunderous new novel is to leap headlong into the fiery imagination of a master storyteller.a rich, colorful mosaic of tales that twist and turn for decades." -- Miami Herald "Erdrich has demonstrated a rare ability to create vibrant, wholly original characters and to describe nature in a prose so lyrical it becomes poetry. 'The Plague of Doves' is proof that she has yet to exhaust her powerful magic." -- Hartford Courant ".at once mythic and down-to-earth.
beautiful, funny, moving, and unexpected." -- Elle "Erdrich's latest novel.is so natural you forget there's a writer behind it.Instantly gripping." -- Marie Claire "Erdrich is in top form here." -- Time Out New York "A multigenerational tour de force of sin, redemption, murder and vengeance" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A lush, multilayered book.The magic lies in the details of Erdrich's ever-replenishing mythology." -- Kirkus Reviews "Louise Erdrich's imaginative freedom has reached its zenith--The Plague of Doves is her dazzling masterpiece.
" -- Philip Roth.