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Shadow Tag : A Novel by Louise Erdrich (2016, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061536105
ISBN-139780061536106
eBay Product ID (ePID)92545457
Product Key Features
Book TitleShadow Tag : a Novel
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFamily Life, Diaries & Journals, Native American & Aboriginal, Literary
Publication Year2016
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorLouise Erdrich
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsA domestic drama that builds an almost thriller-like momentum.A novel as dark and tragic as it is difficult to put down, 'SHADOW TAG is hard to put down...It builds to a spectacular ending with a twist I didn't see coming...Erdrich has taken a tragedy and turned it into art.'(Philadelphia Inquirer), A fast-paced novel of exceptional artistic, intellectual, and psychological merit…Nowhere have love's complications been better illustrated than in the raw honesty of Shadow Tag., A domestic drama that builds an almost thriller-like momentum…A novel as dark and tragic as it is difficult to put down, Erdrich offers a portrait that's convincing.Shadow Tag is wonderfully, painfully readable and revealing., The intensity of this exquisite, character-driven tale, its searing efficiency in encompassing the painful legacy of the Native American genocide, and its piercing insights into sex, family, and power are breathtaking. . . . A masterfully concentrated and gripping novel of image and conquest, autonomy and love, inheritance and loss., Read this if: You're looking for a well-written, well-told tale that is thought- and discussion- provoking., Gripping a hushed and haunting tale that chillingly and convincingly reflects the upper-middle-class American experience, not only the Native American one., Read this if: You re looking for a well-written, well-told tale that is thought- and discussion- provoking., A domestic drama that builds an almost thriller-like momentum. . . . A novel as dark and tragic as it is difficult to put down, Gripping…a hushed and haunting tale that chillingly and convincingly reflects the upper-middle-class American experience, not only the Native American one., A portrait of an 'iconic' marriage on its way to dissolution…Erdrich's unbridled urgency yields startlingly original phrasing as well as flashes of blinding lucidity., An exquisite, character-driven tale.its piercing insights into sex, family, and power are breathtaking.A masterfully concentrated and gripping novel of image and conquest, autonomy and love, inheritance and loss., Into this deeply personal novel about marriage, family and individual identity, Erdrich weaves broader questions about cause and effect in history...A small masterpiece of compelling, painfully moving fiction., A brilliant cautionary tale…Reading it is like watching a wildfire whose flames are so mesmerizingly beautiful that it's almost easy to ignore the deadly mess left behind., A brilliant cautionary tale.Reading it is like watching a wildfire whose flames are so mesmerizingly beautiful that it's almost easy to ignore the deadly mess left behind., A masterpiece...a captivating work of fiction...exquisite...tightly focused...arresting. . . . This profoundly tragic novel captures that lament in some of Erdrich's most beautiful and urgent writing., Clear, urgent, deep as a swift river...Shadow Tag accomplishes the literary miracle of making a reader ravenous to finish it, while stinging with regret at how soon it must end., Muscular and fearless.It is [Erdrich's] superb telling of this story that makes it real, her stellar writing that brings powerful truth to invented worlds., A searing, personal examination of one family that's falling apart...SHADOW TAG is compelling, a bleak exploration of the ties of blood and marriage., Hard to put down. . . . It builds to a spectacular ending with a twist I didn't see coming. . . . Erdrich has taken a tragedy and turned it into art., SHADOW TAG is hard to put down...It builds to a spectacular ending with a twist I didn t see coming...Erdrich has taken a tragedy and turned it into art., Erdrich offers a portrait that's convincing…Shadow Tag is wonderfully, painfully readable and revealing., A masterpiece…a captivating work of fiction…exquisite…tightly focused…arresting…This profoundly tragic novel captures that lament in some of Erdrich's most beautiful and urgent writing., Clear, urgent, deep as a swift river…accomplishes the literary miracle of making a reader ravenous to finish it, while stinging with regret at how soon it must end.", Clear, urgent, deep as a swift river.accomplishes the literary miracle of making a reader ravenous to finish it, while stinging with regret at how soon it must end.", An exquisite, character-driven tale…its piercing insights into sex, family, and power are breathtaking…A masterfully concentrated and gripping novel of image and conquest, autonomy and love, inheritance and loss., A portrait of an 'iconic' marriage on its way to dissolution.Erdrich's unbridled urgency yields startlingly original phrasing as well as flashes of blinding lucidity., Muscular and fearless…It is [Erdrich's] superb telling of this story that makes it real, her stellar writing that brings powerful truth to invented worlds., A masterpiece.a captivating work of fiction.exquisite.tightly focused.arresting.This profoundly tragic novel captures that lament in some of Erdrich's most beautiful and urgent writing., A fast-paced novel of exceptional artistic, intellectual, and psychological merit.Nowhere have love's complications been better illustrated than in the raw honesty of Shadow Tag., SHADOW TAG is hard to put down...It builds to a spectacular ending with a twist I didn't see coming...Erdrich has taken a tragedy and turned it into art.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Synopsis"Gripping. . . a hushed and haunting tale." -- USA Today A stunning tour-de-force from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich. Shadow Tag fearlessly explores the complex nature of love, the fluid boundaries of identity, and the anatomy of one family's struggle for survival and redemption. When Irene America discovers that her artist husband, Gil, has been reading her diary, she begins a secret Blue Notebook, stashed securely in a safe-deposit box. There she records the truth about her life and marriage, while turning her Red Diary--hidden where Gil will find it--into a manipulative charade. As Irene and Gil fight to keep up appearances for their three children, their home becomes a place of increasing violence and secrecy. And Irene drifts into alcoholism, moving ever closer to the ultimate destruction of a relationship filled with shadowy need and strange ironies., Shadow Tag is a stunning tour-de-force from Louise Erdrich, the bestselling author of The Plague of Doves and National Book Award-winner The Round House . When Irene America discovers that her artist husband, Gil, has been reading her diary, she begins a secret Blue Notebook, stashed securely in a safe-deposit box. There she records the truth about her life and marriage, while turning her Red Diary hidden where Gil will find it into a manipulative charade. As Irene and Gil fight to keep up appearances for their three children, their home becomes a place of increasing violence and secrecy. And Irene drifts into alcoholism, moving ever closer to the ultimate destruction of a relationship filled with shadowy need and strange ironies. Alternating between Irene's twin journals and an unflinching third-person narrative, Louise Erdrich's Shadow Tag fearlessly explores the complex nature of love, the fluid boundaries of identity, and the anatomy of one family's struggle for survival and redemption. "
LC Classification NumberPS3555.R42
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