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Summary: TRACKS is another favorite
Review: Louise Erdrich writes with an articulate, to-the-point beauty. She creates a compelling and heart-wrenching story in TRACKS by following the daily tribulations and struggle of four Native American women. This story is divided into several smaller tales. Each woman's story reveals her adventure and strife. Erdrich brilliantly meshes points of contact between the characters to create a powerful novel centering on the search for identity and the struggle of the Native American woman to survive in an unforgiving world.
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Summary: Probably should have liked it
Review: OK, I read this for an English class. Worse yet, I had to write a paper on it. Toughest paper I ever wrote because I could not stay awake. I don't even remember the book that well (4 years). Got to admit though, some of the other folks in my class ranted and raved, as did the other reviews. C'est la vie!
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Summary: Tracks
Review: The book is set on a small Indian reservation in Wyoming, where the winters are deadly, and the summers are looked forward to. The time period is between 1912 to 1924. The author has picked an amazing setting for the book, with an equally amazing plot. The Native American culture is threatened as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Ancient rituals that consisted of a sacrifice now consist of drinking and gambling. New religions are introduced onto the reservation, and many Natives lose their faith that the chieftains have tried so hard to preserve.
What I loved about this book is that the main character always changes. I found it very confusing to decipher whom was talking, but I liked re-reading what I didn’t understand. Although there were many main characters the most important one was an old man named Manitou-geezis. The story is told from every character view, but it only makes since when it is explained by Manitou-geezis, then it is fun to look back and with knowledge of what has happened see it from the view of every character. The main dilemma of the book is that a young man named Eli falls in love with a wild woman named Fleur. Since Manitou-geezis comforted and befriend Fleur when her family died as a result of the measles, Eli goes to him for advice on how to “tame” her and get her to love him. Manitou-geezis feels that Eli is the right person for Fleur even though he’s very foolish so he tells Eli about his experiences with his wives. Eli sets out to find Fleur and Fleur excepts him so they fall deeply in love. Yet when Fleur produces a baby as a result of their relation ship, Eli heads for home. Eli then has an affair with a young girl named Sophia. Eli decides that he was better off with Fleur so he returns to her but Fleur rejects him. Eli then goes to Manitou-geezis for help. Manitou-geezis and Eli are trapped in Manitou-geezis cabin due to a snowstorm and Eli eats all of the food. The storm clears up but it is to cold to go outside, but Manitou-geezis kicks Eli out. The story ends tragically when Eli wanders through the woods in look of Fleur he dies of hypothermia, and Manitou-geezis goes to look for him but ends up dying to. Fleur is rejected by civilization because people think she cursed Eli and Manitou-geezis. She goes into the woods to live wild again with her newborn son. I wouldn't read this book again but I would recommend this book to the general public but I would advice this book to a more mature audience due to sexual content.
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Summary: Lyrical
Review: This is a beautiful novel that captures the mystic qualities of the lives that Native Americans lived. Yes, I too read this in college, but count it as one of the best books I read during that time. It is a book for discerning readers who have learned to appreciate the skill it takes for an author to re-create the ethereal nature of the characters she has dreamed.
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Summary: Making Bacon
Review: Tracks is an eloquently written story which helps us understand life on a reservation and, more importantly, that it is love that keeps the family together. It is very helpful that the novel is written in a way as to let the reader examine and relate to each character on a individual basis. Although the characters are presented individually, all of the stories intertwine allowing the audience to experience the families on a personal level. Although the book moves slowly in certain areas, overall it is an emotionally interesting book.
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Summary: Humm.......
Review: Tracks was a very interesting novel. The author Louise Erdrich has a style about her writing. The book is written from two different points of view. A young woman and an old man tell a tail that kept me reading on. The story starts with the introduction of one of the main characters Fleur. Fleur is found almost frozen to death but is nursed back to health by Nanapush on of the narrators. Flue grows up surrounded with rumors and bad luck. Fleur has a few accidents involving water and after that she changes forever. A few males that try and court her wind up drowned. People start to wonder about her and she is thought of as surrounded by dark magic and dangerous. This is just a demonstrating of how complex the plot is.
The novel is very action packed and full of surprises. The novel has a lot of talk about magic and superstition. The way that the book is narrated is the most impressive thing. The two different personalities of Nanapush and Pauline the two narrators are what make this novel great. You hear what Nanapush thinks and sees and then hear the same for Pauline. The two different personalities make me think about which one is right and I find my self thinking along with one of the narrators.
This book is not for any quiet reading; it jumps out and shows you a side of Native Americans that you don't hear about. You also see the difference between the Native American culture and the white American culture. The plot is well developed and makes for some complicated reading. I liked Tracks and would like to read one of Louise Erdrich other novels. Tracks is a dark book with all the magic and superstition but it had moments of passion, anger and surprises. I would recommend this book to almost any one who posses the reading ability.
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Summary: Humm.......
Review: Tracks was a very interesting novel. The author Louise Erdrich has a style about her writing. The book is written from two different points of view. A young woman and an old man tell a tail that kept me reading on. The story starts with the introduction of one of the main characters Fleur. Fleur is found almost frozen to death but is nursed back to health by Nanapush on of the narrators. Flue grows up surrounded with rumors and bad luck. Fleur has a few accidents involving water and after that she changes forever. A few males that try and court her wind up drowned. People start to wonder about her and she is thought of as surrounded by dark magic and dangerous. This is just a demonstrating of how complex the plot is.
The novel is very action packed and full of surprises. The novel has a lot of talk about magic and superstition. The way that the book is narrated is the most impressive thing. The two different personalities of Nanapush and Pauline the two narrators are what make this novel great. You hear what Nanapush thinks and sees and then hear the same for Pauline. The two different personalities make me think about which one is right and I find my self thinking along with one of the narrators.
This book is not for any quiet reading; it jumps out and shows you a side of Native Americans that you don't hear about. You also see the difference between the Native American culture and the white American culture. The plot is well developed and makes for some complicated reading. I liked Tracks and would like to read one of Louise Erdrich other novels. Tracks is a dark book with all the magic and superstition but it had moments of passion, anger and surprises. I would recommend this book to almost any one who posses the reading ability.
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Summary: Not bad, not bad at all.
Review: Tracks
By Louise Erdrich The book is set on a small Indian reservation in Wyoming, where the winters are deadly, and the summers are looked forward to. The time period is between 1912 to 1924. The author has picked an amazing setting for the book, with an equally amazing plot. The Native American culture is threatened as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Ancient rituals that consisted of a sacrifice now consist of drinking and gambling. New religions are introduced onto the reservation, and many Natives lose their faith that the chieftains have tried so hard to preserve.
What I loved about this book is that the main character always changes. I found it very confusing to decipher whom was talking, but I liked re-reading what I didn’t understand. Although there were many main characters the most important one was an old man named Manitou-geezis. The story is told from every character view, but it only makes since when it is explained by Manitou-geezis, then it is fun to look back and with knowledge of what has happened see it from the view of every character. The main dilemma of the book is that a young man named Eli falls in love with a wild woman named Fleur. Since Manitou-geezis comforted and befriend Fleur when her family died as a result of the measles, Eli goes to him for advice on how to “tame” her and get her to love him. Manitou-geezis feels that Eli is the right person for Fleur even though he’s very foolish so he tells Eli about his experiences with his wives. Eli sets out to find Fleur and Fleur excepts him so they fall deeply in love. Yet when Fleur produces a baby as a result of their relation ship, Eli heads for home. Eli then has an affair with a young girl named Sophia. Eli decides that he was better off with Fleur so he returns to her but Fleur rejects him. Eli then goes to Manitou-geezis for help. Manitou-geezis and Eli are trapped in Manitou-geezis cabin due to a snowstorm and Eli eats all of the food. The storm clears up but it is to cold to go outside, but Manitou-geezis kicks Eli out. [...] I wouldn't read this book again but I would recommend this book to the general public but I would advice this book to a more mature audience due to sexual content.
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Summary: DONT READ FOR YOUR OWN SAKE!!!!!
Review: we had to read this book for english class, and it is awful. I dont believe i can repeat the things that i think about this book in this forum, but i think you guys get the idea. If you enjoy boring stories about non-relavent things, feel free to bore yourself with this boring novel.
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Summary: DONT READ FOR YOUR OWN SAKE!!!!!
Review: we had to read this book for english class, and it is awful. I dont believe i can repeat the things that i think about this book in this forum, but i think you guys get the idea. If you enjoy boring stories about non-relavent things, feel free to bore yourself with this boring novel.
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