Tracks by Louise Erdrich

I’ve obviously fallen for Erdrich’s books.  I love her quasi-series set among Ojibwe, and how you can read any book at any point and watch the web of connections reveal itself.  This particular novel is one of her best.  It follows Nanapush, Pauline, and Fleur Pillager.  Fleur is a bit of a specter in many of the novels I’ve read previously, but here we get her more fleshed out, but no less intriguing or mysterious.   The novel tackles questions of belief, motherhood, conservation, loyalty, love . . . most of the big stuff.  Erdrich’s language is particularly beautiful this time around.  I’m sure I’ll read it again.  Maybe, one day, I’ll even read the series in the order they were written. 

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