A review by mjgriffinii74656
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich

5.0

I have read enough of Erdrich's work by now to have a great appreciation of how she writes. Not just her style, but also the intricate ways in which her stories are knitted together, for indeed much of her work seems to be about amalgamating all the best parts of (...) something (some feeling, some idea about the soul, about character, some quirk of a plot detail). _The Painted Drum_ is a beautiful story about the history and legacy of this indigenous artifact, but it's also an intricate, emotional story of what it means to live, love, and lose. I see grief everywhere in the pages of this text, but I also see so much to live for.