Baptism of Desire: Poems

A second book of poetry by Louise Erdich, author of the bestselling and award winning novels Love...
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Author: Louise Erdrich
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Baptism of Desire: Poems by Erdrich, Louise

Baptism of Desire: Poems

$36.95

Baptism of Desire: Poems

$36.95
Author: Louise Erdrich
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A second book of poetry by Louise Erdich, author of the bestselling and award winning novels Love Medicine, The Beet Queen and Tracks.

Baptisim by blood, water, or desire is necessary for salvation in Roman Catholic tradition, and baptism of desire in the term used for the leap of trust by which a sincere believer can experience spiritual regeneration.Louise Erdrich's poems are acts of redemption. Everywhere evident is Erdrich's unique capacity for finding the perfect word, the fresh, yet absolutely right, metaphor that makes her wrk both profound and accessable.



Author: Louise Erdrich
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 12/07/1990
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.18h x 5.77w x 0.33d
ISBN: 9780060920449


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/09/1990

About the Author
Erdrich, Louise: -

Louise Erdrich, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction. Love Medicine and LaRose received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. Her most recent book, The Night Watchman, won the Pulitzer Prize. A ghost lives in her creaky old house.

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