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by: Louise Erdrich  List Price: $13.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.56 You Save: $2.39 (17%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060972455 ISBN: 0060972459 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: 2004-03 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: August 07, 1989 Studio: Harper Perennial Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance--yet their pride and humor prohibit surrender. The reader will experience shock and pleasure in encountering a group of characters that are compelling and rich in their vigor, clarity, and indomitable vitality. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not as good as ExpectedI had to read Love Medicine by Erdrich for my freshman year lit. class in college and loved it - I had never read anything about Indians before (even though I have Indian Heritage) and was captured by it and loved it - I made an A! Years later - I was still thinking about how great Love Medicine was so I picked up Tracks and was expecting another great read... I did not enjoy this near as much - I did manage to finish the book (it got better midway through) but I would skip this read if I ... Read More Rating:  - A cure for those who want to read a piece of good writing.The story focuses around the lives of an Indian man and a little girl who are sole survivors of disease that run rampant through their tribe. The man forms a kind of grandfatherly relationship to the little girl who lost her family. The locals believe that this girl has supernatural powers. Underlying all this is the struggle of Indian tribes in the early 1900's to keep their land. The story is told in a Falknerian way. It switches between the narratives of two people, who tell the ... Read More Rating: - Interesting and well writtenErdrich is an amazing weaver of words. There are two narrators in this book, each chapter alternates between Nanapush an older very traditional Ojibwe man and Pauline a contemporary of our main character Fleur, who is shunning the traditional ways. I had a hard time with this book because I really enjoyed Nanapush's narration, he is funny and wise and insightful. But then I would get to the next chapter that was narrated by Pauline--who in a way reminds me of Elphalba from "Wicked" she ... Read More Rating:  - Tracks, and all of Erdrich's Fleur Pillager booksLouise Erdrich has written I don't know how many novels featuring Fleur Pillager and her still-increasing North Dakota Chippewa clan. Tracks remains my favorite, mostly because of Nanapush, surely one of the most wonderful characters ever to inhabit the pages of a novel. "Talk is an old man's last vice," Nanapush says. When he gets ill, he says "I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on." You won't, you'll sit at Nanapush's feet and never want ... Read More Rating: - This book follows me trough lifeTracks jumped out at me in a bookstore in Northampton, Massachusetts 12 years ago. I was just browsing the shelves and I randomly picked up and bought this book. I have read it several times since then and keep reading Louise Erdrich's other books following the same characters trough generations. I fell in love with Nanapush, Fleur and their way of life. I feel uneasy about Pauline and everything she represents. Louise Erdrich has a way of weaving together dreams, smells, present time and past time. ... Read More 
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