- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2021 · Winner
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich (born 1954)
English editions
Written in EnglishThe Night Watchman
Harper Perennial · United States · 23 March 2021 · Paperback · 464 pages
The Night Watchman
Harper · United States · 3 March 2020 · Hardcover · 464 pages
The Night Watchman
Little, Brown Book Group · United Kingdom · 2020 · 464 pages
The Night Watchman
Corsair · United Kingdom · 4 March 2021 · Paperback
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It is 1953 on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. Thomas Wazhashk guards the reservation's new factory by night and sits on the Chippewa council, and he sets out to defeat a bill in Congress that would terminate the tribe and its claim to its land, rallying members and writing to politicians. Patrice Paranteau, who insists on her given name rather than Pixie, works at the same plant and keeps her mother and younger brother afloat while fending off her drunken father. When her sister Vera falls silent in Minneapolis, perhaps with a baby, Patrice goes to look for her and meets exploitation and danger in the city. Around them are a young boxer and his mother, Patrice's best friend, and a white teacher in love with her.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- United States, 1953
- First published
- 2020
- Author's age
- 66 when first published
- ISBN
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9780062671189 (Harper, United States)
9781472155344 (Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom)
9781472155368 (Corsair, United Kingdom)
9780062671196 (Harper Perennial, United States)
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