A prize-winning writer offers "an affecting portrait of his childhood home, Leech Lake Indian Reservation, and his people, the Ojibwe" ( The New York Times).A member of the Ojibwe of northern Minnesota, David Treuer grew up on Leech Lake Reservation, but was educated in mainstream America. Exploring crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of native language and culture, Rez Life is a strikingly original blend ...

La idea más extendida sobre la historia de los nativos americanos es que terminó con la masacre de Wounded Knee en 1890, donde no solo murieron ciento cincuenta siux a manos de la caballería estadounidense, sino que supuestamente también lo hizo la civilización nativa. David Treuer fusiona narrativa y reportaje para revelar que los pueblos nativos no solo han sobrevivido, sino que se han adaptado y prosperado a pesar de los esfuerzos sistemáticos por borrar su cultura. Treuer replantea la ...

**FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCEA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNamed a best book of 2019 by The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, NPR, Hudson Booksellers, The New York Public Library, The Dallas Morning News, and Library Journal."Chapter after chapter, it's like one shattered myth after another." - NPR

FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDCHOSEN BY BARACK OBAMA AS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2019LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCEA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'An informed, moving and kaleidoscopic portrait... Treuer's powerful book suggests the need for soul-searching about the meanings of American history and the stories we tell ourselves about th...

A haunting and unforgettable novel about love, loss, race, and desire in World War II–era America.On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family’s rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, headed for the darkened skies over Europe. Awaiting him at the Pines are those he’s about to leave behind: his hovering mother; the distant father to whom he’s been a disappointment; the Indian caretaker who’s ...

« Un roman admirable et déchirant, subtil et envoutant, où s'entrelacent les destins tragiques d'une famille et de toute une communauté. »Toni Morrison, prix Nobel de littératureAout 1942. Avant de s'engager dans l'armée de l'air, Frankie Washburn rend une dernière visite à ses parents dans leur résidence d'été du Minnesota. Il y retrouve Félix, le vieil Indien en charge du domaine, dont il est plus proche qu'il ne l'est de son propre père. Mais aussi Billy, un jeu...

Pensé comme une suite au célèbre Enterre mon cœur à Wounded Knee, de Dee Brown (paru pour la première fois aux États-Unis en 1970), le livre de David Treuer dresse un portrait émouvant et kaléidoscopique de la résilience, de l’adaptabilité et de la place des Indiens dans le monde d’aujourd’hui.Car pour l’auteur, l’histoire indienne ne s’est pas arrêtée avec le massacre de Wounded Knee, qui coûta la vie à plus de trois cents Sioux en 1890 et signa la fin de...

Back in print, with a new introduction, the memorable debut by the author of The Heartbeat of Wounded KneeThe grave we dug for my brother Little remained empty even after we filled it back in. And nobody was going to admit it.So begins Little, first published by Graywolf Press in 1995 when David Treuer was just twenty-four. The narrative unfolds to reveal the deeply entwined stories of the three generations of Little’s family, inc...

Cest un écrivain qui nous entraîne à la rencontre de lune des faces cachées de lAmérique contemporaine : celle des réserves indiennes, plus de trois cents aux Etats-Unis. Certaines ne font que quelques hectares, dautres sont immenses, mais la plupart dentre elles sont dune extrême pauvreté.Dorigine ojibwé, David Treuer a grandi sur une réserve du nord du Minnesota, et il nous permet de découvrir ce monde de lintérieur sous toutes ses facettes : crime et misère, casinos et richesses...

**FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCEA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNamed a best book of 2019 by The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, NPR, Hudson Booksellers, The New York Public Library, The Dallas Morning News, and Library Journal."Chapter after chapter, it's like one shattered myth after another." - NPR

An elegy to the American dream, and to the sometimes tragic experience of the Native Americans who helped to build it, The Hiawatha is both a moving portrait of a family, and a fast-paced, page-turning literary mystery of murder and redemption.Recently widowed, and encouraged by government relocation schemes to move Native Americans off their reservations, Betty takes her four young children from their Ojibwe roots to make a new life in Minneapolis. As Bett...

A daring new novel that "may be David Treuer's best book" (Charles Baxter)He realizes he has discovered a document that could change his life forever.Dr Apelles, Native American translator of Native American texts, lives a diligent existence. He works at a library and, in his free time, works on his translations. Without his realizing it, his world has become small. One day he stumbles across an ancient manuscript only he can translate. What begins...