The round house
(Audiobook on CD)
Author
Contributors
Farmer, Gary, 1953- Narrator
Published
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, 2012.
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Status
Central - Adult Audiobooks
CD F ERDRI
1 available
CD F ERDRI
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Central - Adult Audiobooks | CD F ERDRI | Available |
Description
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels
The Round House won the National Book Award for fiction.
One of the most revered novelists of our time—a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life—Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves with The Round House, transporting readers to the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. It 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 upends and forever transforms his family.
Riveting and suspenseful, arguably the most accessible novel to date from the creator of Love Medicine, The Beet Queen, and The Bingo Palace, Erdrich’s The Round House is a page-turning masterpiece of literary fiction—at once a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a tender, moving novel of family, history, and culture.
More Details
Format
Audiobook on CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
11 audio discs (approximately 12.75 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9781470302139, 1470302136
Notes
General Note
Cataloged from web page.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Gary Farmer.
Description
When his mother, a tribal enrollment specialist living on a reservation in North Dakota, slips into an abyss of depression after being brutally attacked, 14-year-old Joe Coutz sets out with his three friends to find the person that destroyed his family.
System Details
Compact disc.
Awards
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction finalist
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Erdrich, L., & Farmer, G. (2012). The round house (Unabridged.). Recorded Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Erdrich, Louise and Gary Farmer. 2012. The Round House. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Erdrich, Louise and Gary Farmer. The Round House Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2012.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Erdrich, L. and Farmer, G. (2012). The round house. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Erdrich, Louise, and Gary Farmer. The Round House Unabridged., Recorded Books, 2012.
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