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Winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction This exquisitely told story set on the Ojibwe reservation in contemporary North Dakota follows a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family. Freshman Common Read : University of Minnesota, University of Oregon, University of Missouri
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"Erdrich skillfully makes Joe's coming-of-age both universal and specific...the story is also ripe with detail about reservation life, and with her rich cast of characters, Erdrich provides flavor, humor and depth." - Library Journal, Starred Review
"Erdrich threads a gripping mystery and multilayered portrait of a community through a deeply affecting coming-of-age novel." - O, the Oprah Magazine
"A sweeping, suspenseful outing from this prizewinning, generation-spanning chronicler of her Native American people, the Ojibwe of the northern plains...a sumptuous tale." - Elle
"Moving, complex, and surprisingly uplifting. . . likely to be dubbed the Native American To Kill a Mockingbird." - Parade
"The story pulses with urgency as she [Erdrich] probes the moral and legal ramifications of a terrible act of violence." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"Riveting. . . . One of Erdrich's most suspenseful novels. . . . It vividly portrays both the deep tragedy and crazy comedy of life." - BookPage
"The Round House will inevitably draw comparisons to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, but Joe is no Scout Finch-like observer. He's an older, more involved participant, shaped by his culture and influenced by ideas of justice from the warriors of Ojibwe legend." - Kansas City Star
"While Erdrich is known as a brilliant chronicler of the American Indian experience, her insights into our family, community, and spiritual lives transcend any category." - Reader's Digest
"The novel showcases her [Erdrich's] extraordinary ability to delineate the ties of love, resentment, need, duty and sympathy that bind families together...[a] powerful novel." - Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"Erdrich has given us a multitude of narrative voices and stories. Never before has she given us a novel with a single narrative voice so smart, rich and full of surprises as she has in The Round House. . . and, I would argue, her best so far." - NPR's All Thing's Considered
"Haunting...a bittersweet coming-of-age tale...tender but unsentimental and buoyed by subtle wit" - People
"Joe may be one of Erdrich's best-drawn characters; he's conflicted, feisty one moment, scared and disappointed the next. The Round House will inevitably draw comparisons to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird." - Miami Herald
"Louise Erdrich's prose is spare, precise, smooth as polished stone. Her books are rich with literary muscle." - Austin American-Statesman
"The story draws the reader unstoppably page by page." - Seattle Times
"A riveting mystery and a moving coming-of-age story." - Columbia Dispatch
"Filled with stunning and poetic language, this new novel ranks among Erdrich's best work." - Martha Stewart Living
"Erdrich's bittersweet contemplation of love and friendship, morality and generativity...result in a tender, tough coming-of-age tale." - Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A powerful human story. . . .By boring deeply into one person's darkest episode, Erdrich hits the bedrock truth about a whole community." - New York Times Book Review
"Each new Erdrich novel adds new layers of pathos and comedy, earthiness and spiritual questing, to her priceless multigenerational drama. THE ROUND HOUSE is one of her best-concentrated, suspenseful, and morally profound." - Boston Globe
