Love Medicine

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literaryWork novel

Love Medicine is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that interweaves the lives of several Ojibwe families on a North Dakota reservation, often cited as a landmark work of the Native American Renaissance.

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Love Medicine canonical 3
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literaryWork ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Louise Erdrich ⓘ
awarded National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
awardYear 1984 ⓘ
containsElement magical realism ⓘ
nonlinear chronology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs landmark work of the Native American Renaissance ⓘ
featuresEthnicGroup Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Ojibwe people
genre Native American literature ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
multigenerational saga ⓘ
hasRevisedEdition 1993 expanded edition ⓘ
2009 anniversary edition ⓘ
hasSequel Four Souls ⓘ
Tales of Burning Love ⓘ
The Beet Queen ⓘ
The Bingo Palace ⓘ
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse ⓘ
The Painted Drum ⓘ
Tracks ⓘ
isbn 0-03-070611-4 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Native American Renaissance ⓘ
mainTheme cultural identity ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
loss ⓘ
love ⓘ
reservation life ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
narrativePerspective multiple first-person narrators ⓘ
narrativeStructure interconnected short stories ⓘ
notableCharacter June Kashpaw ⓘ
Lipsha Morrissey ⓘ
Lulu Lamartine ⓘ
Marie Kashpaw ⓘ
Nector Kashpaw ⓘ
originalPublisher Holt, Rinehart and Winston ⓘ
partOf Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota cycle ⓘ
publicationYear 1984 ⓘ
publisherOf1993Edition HarperCollins ⓘ
settingLocation North Dakota ⓘ
Ojibwe reservation ⓘ
timeSpanOfPlot 1930s to 1980s ⓘ

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Native American Renaissance → hasInfluentialWork → Love Medicine ⓘ
Native American Renaissance → hasInfluentialWork → Love Medicine ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Louise Erdrich → notableWork → Love Medicine ⓘ
Tracks → follows → Love Medicine ⓘ