sifuCJC reviewed LaRose by Louise Erdrich
North Dakota, late summer, 1999. Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the …
Plainly epic
4 stars
In a sense the story has pieces of an epic in that it spans generations, but the flashbacks are brief. Most of the story takes place in modern times with modern people.
What makes the book feel epic is the range of emotions that come out through the mundane, the terrible and the purpose of every-day life on the reservation.