LaRose
National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction) · 2016 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)Fiction | 2016 | Winner |
About This Book
Set in 1999 on the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota, the novel follows what happens when a man accidentally shoots his neighbor's son and offers his own son, LaRose, to the grieving family. A morally intricate novel about justice, grief, and the ties that bind communities together. Winner of the NBCC Fiction Award.
About the Author
Louise ErdrichAmerican
Louise Erdrich is an American author of German and Ojibwe descent and one of the most celebrated novelists in the United States. Born in Little Falls, Minnesota, in 1954, she is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She studied at Dartmouth College and received her MFA from Johns Hopkins University. Read more →
