The Beet Queen
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The Beet Queen is a novel by Louise Erdrich that continues her interconnected North Dakota saga, exploring small-town life, family bonds, and identity across several decades.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Beet Queen canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Louise Erdrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | elements of magical realism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| follows | Love Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American literature
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
food and domestic spaces
ⓘ
weather and the North Dakota landscape ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | nonlinear chronology ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle | multiple first-person narrators ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
German-American communities in the Midwest
ⓘ
Native American communities in the Midwest ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Celestine James
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dot Adare NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Adare NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Adare NERFINISHED ⓘ Sita Kozka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTimespan |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed depiction of Midwestern small-town life
ⓘ
interconnected characters across Erdrich’s novels ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Louise Erdrich’s interconnected North Dakota saga ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| publisher | Henry Holt and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Love Medicine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Bingo Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
North Dakota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fictional town of Argus ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
abandonment
ⓘ
belonging ⓘ family bonds ⓘ identity ⓘ intergenerational relationships ⓘ small-town life ⓘ |
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