{"product_id":"the-round-house-american-classics-edition-a-novel-isbn-9780063484108","title":"The Round House American Classics Edition: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e’s Great American Novels • Winner of the National Book Award \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Deeply moving, this novel ranks among Erdrich’s best work, and it is impossible to forget.” \u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalog. \u003cem\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/em\u003e, by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich, is an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that forever transforms his family. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface because Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and thirteen-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone, Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile his father, a tribal judge, endeavors to wrest justice from a situation that defies his efforts, Joe becomes frustrated with the official investigation and sets out with his trusted friends, Cappy, Zack, and Angus, to get some answers of his own. Their quest takes them first to the Round House, a sacred space and place of worship for the Ojibwe, but is only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA page-turning masterpiece from one of the most revered novelists of our time, \u003cem\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/em\u003e is at once a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a tender, moving novel of family, history, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, Starred Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Erdrich threads a gripping mystery and multilayered portrait of a community through a deeply affecting coming-of-age novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sweeping, suspenseful outing from this prizewinning, generation-spanning chronicler of her Native American people, the Ojibwe of the northern plains...a sumptuous tale.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moving, complex, and surprisingly uplifting. . . likely to be dubbed the Native American \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The story pulses with urgency as she [Erdrich] probes the moral and legal ramifications of a terrible act of violence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, Starred Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Riveting. . . . One of Erdrich’s most suspenseful novels. . . . It vividly portrays both the deep tragedy and crazy comedy of life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Round House \u003c\/em\u003ewill inevitably draw comparisons to Harper Lee’s \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichiko Kakutani, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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 \u003cem\u003eThe Round House. . . \u003c\/em\u003eand, I would argue, her best so far.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR's All Thing's Considered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Haunting…a bittersweet coming-of-age tale…tender but unsentimental and buoyed by subtle wit” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Joe may be one of Erdrich’s best-drawn characters; he’s conflicted, feisty one moment, scared and disappointed the next. \u003cem\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/em\u003e will inevitably draw comparisons to Harper Lee’s \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Louise Erdrich’s prose is spare, precise, smooth as polished stone. Her books are rich with literary muscle.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustin American-Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The story draws the reader unstoppably page by page.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A riveting mystery and a moving coming-of-age story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColumbia Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Filled with stunning and poetic language, this new novel ranks among Erdrich’s best work.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartha Stewart Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Erdrich’s bittersweet contemplation of love and friendship, morality and generativity…result in a tender, tough coming-of-age tale.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A powerful human story. . . .By boring deeply into one person’s darkest episode, Erdrich hits the bedrock truth about a whole community.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A stunning piece of architecture. It is carefully, lovingly, disarmingly constructed. Even the digressions demand strict attention.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wise and suspenseful…Erdrich’s voice as well as her powers of insight and imagination fully infuse this novel…She writes so perceptively and brilliantly about the adolescent passion for justice that one is transported northward to her home territory.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gripping mystery with a moral twist: Revenge might be the harshest punishment, but only for the victims.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Round House \u003c\/em\u003eis filled with stunning language that recalls shades of Faulkner, García Márquez and Toni Morrison. 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