Back on his reservation, Lipsha Morrissey, the illegitimate son of June Kashpaw and Gerry Nanapush, falls in love with Shawnee Ray and is torn between success and meaning, love and money, and the future and the past.

Set in North Dakota, at a time in the early 20th century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, 'Tracks' is a tale of passion and deep unrest.

«Bingo Palace nos muestra un lugar donde el amor, el destino y la casualidad están tan entrelazados como los cabellos de una trenza.» The New York Times De la ganadora del National Book Award Louise Erdrich, Bingo Palace cuenta la historia del joven Liphsa Morrissey cuya vida da un vuelco cuando su abuela le suplica que vuelva a la reserva india. Allí se enamorará perdidamente de la hermosa Shawnee Ray, que está decidiendo si acepta o no la proposición de matrimonio del rico empresario y padre de su hijo Lyman Lamartine, el jefe de Liphsa en el casino Bingo Palace. Las complicaciones continúan cuando Liphsa descubre que Lyman es su rival en muchos más aspectos pues, tras aliarse con un grupo influyente de agresivos hombres de negocios, ha decidido abrir un nuevo casino dentro del territorio de la reserva, un proyecto que amenaza con destruir los lazos fundamentales que unen a la comunidad india con su pasado.Bingo Palace es un luminoso relato acerca de la muerte y la resurrección espirituales, una reflexión sobre el dinero, el amor desesperado y la esperanza inquebrantable, sobre el poder inagotable de los sueños más preciados

Appelé par sa grand-mère, Lipsha Morrissey revient à la réserve de ses ancêtres après en avoir été éloigné durant son adolescence. Dès son arrivée, il tombe amoureux au premier coup d'oeil. Mais la femme qu'il aime, la belle Shawnee Ray, est sur le point d'épouser Lyman Lamartine, l'homme d'affaires de la réserve. Tout réussit à ce dernier : multipliant les entreprises - honnêtes et louches -, il gagne de l'argent et fascine hommes et femmes. Sauf Lipsha, qui fait une découverte déterminante pour son avenir : dans les bois sacrés de la réserve, Lyman et ses comparses ont décidé d'ériger un palais du jeu, le Bingo Palace. La culture et l'identité des Indiens de la réserve sont donc menacées. Lipsha se trouve alors pris au sein d'intérêts contradictoires le succès immédiat et les valeurs ancestrales de son peuple, l'amour et l'argent, le passé et le futur.

A study guide for Louise Erdrich's "The Bingo Palace", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students series. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

rdrich's novels of Native American life, Love Medicine , The Beet Queen and Tracks , have earned her a secure place as an observant, intensely poetic chronicler of her people's lives, spanning much of the 20th century. But if The Bingo Palace is a capstone to the saga, as its interweaving of characters and half-remembered stories from previous volumes rather suggests, it disappoints. Its hero, Lipsha Morrissey, is a young man, bastard son of irresponsible June Kashpaw and jailbird Gerry Nanapush, whose mother tried to drown him as an infant. He seems like a bright person of wasted promise, who drifts aimlessly between jobs taken on a whim until he returns to the reservation and falls under the spell of lovely Shawnee Ray Toose. But Shawnee Ray is the consort of Lyman Lamartine, the smart,

A study guide for Louise Erdrich's "The Bingo Palace," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students series. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.