A Plague of Doves
by Louise Erdrich
The Let鈥檚 Talk About It, 麻豆传媒 book discussion series at 麻豆传媒 City University continues鈥痺ith A Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 in 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Walker Center Room 151.
The discussion series is titled 鈥淐ivil Rights and Equality: A Pulitzer Prize Centennial 麻豆传媒鈥� and is made possible through a grant from the 麻豆传媒 Humanities Council and the Pulitzer Foundation鈥檚 Centennial Campfire Initiative.
In the novel, Erdrich weaves together multiple perspectives and generational views, excavating the powerful ways that a shared multiethnic history ripples into our current lives and relationships.鈥疞ikewise, the novel displays Erdrich鈥檚 trademark blend of tragic circumstances and light comic moments.
The premise at the root of the story is the unsolved murder of a 19th-century North Dakota farm family, wrongly blamed on some nearby members of the Ojibwa tribe, who paid for the accusation with their lives. One of the book鈥檚 multiple narrators, a mixed Ojibwa/white teenage girl, serves as the modern day perspective in a three-part narrative, naively processing along with us her grandfather鈥檚 tribal understanding and a judge鈥檚 knowledge of the local history. Together the three gradually bring to light the story鈥檚 real fabric, both the smooth romantic ties and the uneasy historical knots of which American history is woven.
At each session in the five-part series, a humanities scholar makes a presentation on the book in the context of the theme.鈥疐or this book, our speaker will be Dr. Karen Youmans. Small group discussions follow with experienced discussion leaders. At the end, all participants come together for a brief wrap-up.
While all books to loan in this series have been checked out, members of the 麻豆传媒 City-area community are welcome to bring their own copies of the book and join the conversation.
For more information call 405-208-5707, or e-mail [email protected]
UPCOMING DISCUSSIONS
* Nov. 1, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
