The Painted Drum Unabridged CD

The Painted Drum Unabridged CD by Louise Erdrich


ISBN
9780060828165
Published
Binding
Audio
Dimensions
145 x 135mm

Performed by Anna Fields.

When Faye Travers is called upon to appraise the estate of a family in her small New Hampshire town, she isn't surprised to discover a forgotten cache of valuable Native American artefacts. However, she stops dead in her tracks when she finds in the collection a rare drum, ornamented with symbols she doesn't recognise and dressed in red tassels and a beaded belt and skirt -- especially since, without touching the instrument, she hears it sound.

From Faye's discovery, we trace the drum's passage, from the reservation on the northern plains to New Hampshire and back. Through the voice of Bernard Shaawano, an Ojibwe, we hear how his grandfather fashioned the drum after years of mourning his young daughter's death, and how it changes the lives of those whose paths it crosses. And through Faye we hear of her anguished relationship with a local sculptor, who himself mourns the loss of a daughter, and of the life she has made alone with her mother, in the shadow of the death of Faye's sister.

Through these compelling voices, 'The Painted Drum' explores the strange power that lost children exert on the memories of those they leave behind, and the intricate, transformative rhythms of human grief. One finds through the grace and wit, the captivating prose, and surprising beauty that characterises Louise Erdrich's finest work.
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