Winter in the Blood

Two contemporary classics from a major writer of the Native American renaissance During his life, James Welch came to be regarded as a master of American prose, and his first novel, Winter in the Blood, is one of his most enduring works. The narrator of this beautiful, often disquieting novel is a young Native American man living on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana. Sensitive and self-destructive, he searches for something that will bind him to the lands of his ancestors but is haunted by personal tragedy, the dissolution of his once proud heritage, and Montana’s vast emptiness. Winter in the Bloodis an evocative and unforgettable work of literature that will continue to move and inspire anyone who encounters it.

Louise Erdrich is the author of eleven novels, as well as volumes of poetry, children-'s books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel Love Medicine won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her book The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse was a finalist for the National Book Award. Jim Harrison has written numerous works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. His work has earned him both an NEA grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Montana and Arizona.