Louise Erdrich often gets compared to Faulkner, a comparison I know some people bristle at given the popularity of proclaiming to not like Faulkner as if it’s some kind of virtue. This comparison in part comes from her complexity in narrative and her blending of various styles and perspectives within single novels. Her writing is not remotely uniform: some novels are pretty straightforward narratives (like Faulkner) and some of more constructs of myriad forms (like Faulkner) and like Faulkner, her writing is generally one of […]