| The Crown of Columbus Contributor(s): Erdrich, Louise (Author), Dorris, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060931655 ISBN-13: 9780060931650 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: Anthropologist Vivian Twostar uncovers what may be the scholarly coup of the century when she finds the legendary lost diary of Columbus. Lured by its promise of redeeming the past, Vivian, her son, and academician Roger Williams embark on a harrowing journey from icy New Hampshire to the idyllic Bahamas--an adventure that changes their lives forever. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90055964 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 4.96" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A thriller and love story. . . . A mediation on power and betrayal. . . . An exhilarating novel of risk, redemption and discovery." -- Los Angeles Times In their only fully collaborative literary work, Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich have written a gripping novel of history, suspense, recovery, and new beginnings. The Crown of Columbus chronicles the adventures of a pair of mismatched lovers--Vivian Twostar, a divorced, pregnant anthropologist, and Roger Williams, a consummate academic, epic poet, and bewildered father of Vivian's baby--and their quest for the truth about Christopher Columbus and themselves. When Vivian uncovers what is presumed to be the diary of Christopher Columbus, she and Roger are drawn into a journey from icy New Hampshire to the idyllic Caribbean in search of "the greatest treasure of Europe." Lured by the wild promise of redeeming the past, they are plunged into a harrowing race against time and death that threatens--and finally changes--their lives. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dorris, Michael: - Michael Dorris is the author of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, The Broken Cord, Working Men, Morning Girl, and Guests, and co-author with Louise Erdrich of The Crown of Columbus.Erdrich, Louise: - Louise Erdrich is the author of fifteen novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, short stories, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction. The Plague of Doves won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and her debut novel, Love Medicine, was the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Erdrich has received the Library of Congress Prize in American Fiction, the prestigious PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. |