ANNOUNCING THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER: THE ROUND HOUSE BY LOUISE ERDRICH
On Wednesday night in New York, Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for fiction for THE ROUND HOUSE. Since 1950, the National Book Award’s goal has been to enhance the public’s awareness of exceptional books written by fellow Americans and to increase the popularity of reading in general. In THE ROUND HOUSE (Harper; October 2, 2012; $27.99), Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times best-selling author Louise Erdrich once more transports readers to the literary terrain she has made her own—the North Dakota Ojibwe reservation, where contemporary Native Americans and their white neighbors navigate complex relationships. As told by one of Erdrich’s most memorable characters—a thirteen-year-old boy on the cusp of manhood—the novel is at once a suspenseful page-turner and a trenchant exploration of crime, justice, and legal jurisdiction in the tribal lands of the United States. In a starred review in Booklist, Donna Seaman calls THE ROUND HOUSE “a stunning and devastating tale of hate crimes and vengeance…[in which] Erdrich covers a vast spectrum of history, cruel loss, and bracing relationships. A preeminent tale in an essential American saga.”
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