Originally an important hunting ground for the Ojibway, Minneapolis draws many Native people from nearby reservations, who infuse the city with a string and ongoing Native presence as well as a potent indigenous past. "The Antelope Wife" brings to life the people who live in or around this Midwestern city.
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Originally an important hunting ground for the Ojibway, Minneapolis draws many Native people from nearby reservations, who infuse the city with a string and ongoing Native presence as well as a potent indigenous past. "The Antelope Wife" brings to life the people who live in or around this Midwestern city.
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Add this copy of The Antelope Wife: a Novel to cart. $1.91, good condition, Sold by Goodwill of Colorado rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Harper.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. jacket a bit faded and worn; ends of text block foxed and faded, pages faded, remainder mark. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Audience: General/trade.
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An interesting book but I found it hard to get into which is probably just me. Louise Erdrich at her usual best.
Dan F
Jan 5, 2012
Native writing
I first read this book for a Native American literature class at the U of AZ. I purchased to reread at a more leisurly pace and found it more rewarding. Thanks to Dr. Washburn for explaing the symbology and helping me to appreciate Native writers. I was fond of Almost Soup and his place in the book.
Ellyb
Mar 24, 2010
Funny and sad
"The Antelope Wife" is a very fluid narrative that is heavily steeped in magical realism. I found the characters especially engaging, despite the fact that the book jumped between several generations and points of view. A soldier finds he is able to nurse an orphan child, and later his own son. A trader abducts a woman he desires who is part antelope, but this act brings no alleviation of his longing for her.
As usual, Erdrich's prose is the big selling point for me. Her imagery just melts over the mind. I can be at the laundromat, surrounded by humming machines and TVs turned to cable news, and I will still find myself removed to the settings she describes.
At the same time, the book had extremely funny moments, making for a really potent mixture of heartbreak and hilarity that is found in real life.
This is a great book full of great stories and a wicked sense of humor.
