Love Medicine - New and Expanded Version

A modern classic of American literature, Louise Erdrich''s first novel is one of the most influential, beloved, and distinguished works of contemporary fiction -- now available as an Olive Edition. Set on and around a North Dakota reservation in the years 1934-84, Love Medicine tells the story of the intertwined fates of two families. With astonishing virtuosity, each chapter draws on a range of voices to limn its tales. Black humor mingles with magic, injustice bleeds into betrayal, and through it all, bonds of love and family marry the elements into a tightly woven whole that pulses with the drama of life. Love Medicine was greeted with great critical acclaim when it was first published in 1984. Its continuing appeal in the years since has amply confirmed Philip Roth''s assessment that Louise Erdrich is "the most interesting new American novelist to have appeared in years." Since 1984, Erdrich has written several companion novels-- The Beet Queen, Tracks, Tee Bingo Palace, The Last Resort on the Miracles at Little No Horse , and Four Souls , among others. All relate to the characters and events first introduced in Love Medicine . Indeed, taken collectively, this body of fiction forms an organic entity.

Product details

• Authors: Louise Erdrich
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 02.09.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780063464780
• ISBN: 978-0-06-346478-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 181 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Harper Perennial Olive Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: FICTION, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Cultural Heritage, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: FICTION