The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

In 1911, a family in the town of Pluto, North Dakota was brutally murdered, and their bodies were found by four Native Americans from the neighboring reservation. The next day, a band of white townspeople rounded up and lynched the four innocent men, only one of whom survived. This horrific series of events is at the heart of Louise Erdrich’s marvelous book – a series of interwoven stories about the descendents of both the white vigilantes, and of the survivor of the lynching. Through three generations, the family lines clash and intermingle in surprising ways, and new stories spin out of their troubled history. In lyrical, magical prose, Erdrich explores the way that the passage of time forms scar tissue around our old wounds, but never truly erases them. The Plague of Doves and its wide cast of characters are funny and fragmented and tragic. They demand attention and reflection and the highest praise.

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