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Louise Erdrich, LaRose, in conversation with Gail Tsukiyama
Presented by Peninsula Arts & Letters and Kepler's Books
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
7:30pm - Seating Area opens at 6:30pm
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
SORRY - THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!
Join us for a very special evening with Louise Erdrich, one of the most gifted, prolific, and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists. The author of many award-winning novels, including Love Medicine; The Beet Queen, and The Bingo Palace, this is her first novel since the publication of the 2012 National Book Award-winning novel, The Round House.
In LaRose, Landreaux Iron kills his neighbor's five-year-old son, Dusty Ravich, in a hunting accident. The youngest child of his friend and neighbor, Peter Ravich, Dusty was best friends with Landreaux's five-year-old son, LaRose. The two families have always been close, sharing food, clothing, and rides into town; their children played together despite going to different schools; and Landreaux's wife, Emmaline, is half sister to Dusty's mother, Nola. Horrified at what he's done, the recovered alcoholic turns to tradition the sweat lodge for guidance, and finds a way forward. Following an ancient means of retribution, he and Emmaline will give LaRose to the grieving Peter and Nola. "Our son will be your son now," they tell them.
What follows is a powerful exploration of loss, justice, and the reparation of the human heart, and an unforgettable, dazzling tour de force from one of America's most distinguished literary masters.
Born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, Gail Tsukiyama's bestselling novels include The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, Women of the Silk, A Hundred Flowers, Dreaming Water, The Language of Threads, The Samurai's Garden, and Night of Many Dreams.
Ticket Information:
$40.00 -- Premier Ticket. This includes one hardcover copy of "LaRose", priority seating, and priority in the signing line
$20.00 -- General Admission. No hardcover copy of LaRose, no priority seating or priority in the signing line.
$10.00 -- Student
Admit one. Student Seating. No hardcover copy of LaRose. No priority in signing line. Must show student ID.
For those who wish to sit together, please purchase tickets in the same seating area.
The book will be available for pickup, and for sale, at the event.
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LocationKepler's Books (View)
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
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