New York: HarperFlamingo, 1998. This novel was written just prior to the death of her husband, Michael Dorris. A Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Dark green paper-covered boards with publisher's chop; black cloth spine with gilt titling. Clean text; 240 pages. The dustjacket is an interesting design by Native American artist Jow Geshick. Fine, unclipped; in an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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The Antelope Wife extends the branches of the families who populate Louise Erdrich's earlier novels, and once again, her unsentimental, unsparing writing captures the Native American sense of despair, magic, and humor. Rooted in myth and set in contemporary Minneapolis, this poetic and haunting story spans a century, at the center of which is a mysterious and graceful woman known as the Antelope Wife. Elusive, silent, and bearing a mystical link to nature, she embodies a complicated quest for love and survival that impacts lives in unpredictable ways. Her tale is an unpredictable ways. Her tale is an unforgettable tapestry of ancestry, fate, harrowing tragedy, and redemption, that seems at once modern and eternal.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004866
Title: The Antelope Wife
Author: Erdrich, Louise
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0060187263
ISBN 13: 9780060187262
Publisher: HarperFlamingo
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1998
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Literature (Native American Writers);

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