Four Souls/Tracks

By: Louise Erdrich

Narrated by: Anna Fields

In the world of interconnected novels by Louise Erdrich, Four Souls is most closely linked to Tracks. All these works continue and elaborate on the intricate story of life on a reservation peopled by saints and false saints, heroes and sinners, clever fools and tenacious women. Louise Erdrich reminds us of the deep spirituality and the ordinary humanity of this world, and these works are as beautiful and lyrical as anything she has written.

Tracks

Set in North Dakota, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance -- yet their pride and humor prohibit surrender. The listener will experience shock and pleasure in encountering characters that are compelling and rich in their vigor, clarity, and indomitable vitality.

Four Souls

A strange and compelling woman decides to leave home, and the story begins. Fleur Pillager takes her mother's name, Four Souls, for strength and walks from her Ojibwe reservation to the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. She is seeking restitution from and revenge on the lumber baron who has stripped her reservation. But revenge is never simple, and she quickly finds her intentions complicated by her own dangerous compassion for the man who wronged her.

Performed by Anna Fields.

©1988, 2004 Louise Erdrich; (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Better than television

It was so well read I could see my own movie production in my head.

The two unreliable narrators, the beautiful imagery, the sad reality of Native American people

Louise Erdrich has written a powerful story here. As you switch between the two narratives of a proud Native American and a turn-tail woman, you begin to get a feel for the hopeless nature of native magic.

Connection to the Earth and the native spirit

Appreciate the authenticIty and strength of the native perspective, the subtlety of the narrative, and the honest struggle

Magnificent! One of the great novels !

Magnificent one of the great American novels
I read this many years ago and wanted to hear it read out loud

Lovely language describing the ugliest truths and sorrows of this land !

good story

I really liked this book. The story gripped me from the beginning and was strong all tge way through but the ending was very lacking.