Night Train
Reviews

City Pages:
“There is nothing small about Erdrich’s prose. With her surprising and lyrical word choices, she . . . performs impressive acts of linguistic acrobatics, and makes astute, often funny observations.”

Duluth News Tribune:
“Rooted in reality rather than dramatics.”

Minneapolis Star Tribune:
“Simple and complex, poignant and hilarious, biting and tender.”

Minnesota Literature:
“Erdrich’s language and carefully selected details create vivid pictures . . . captur[ing] the irony of lives on the edge with humor, insight, and feisty spice.”

Minnesota Monthly:
“[Erdrich’s] poetic prose details the tension between contemporary life and Native American culture and tradition . . . With her distinctive voice and knack for storytelling, Erdrich delivers.”

St. Paul Pioneer Press:
“[Night Train] which is funny, edgy and sometimes tender, is rooted in contemporary American Indian life and culture. . . . [Erdrich’s] humor and ability to surprise the reader is clear.”

Sherman Alexie:
“Beautiful and rowdy, this book challenged, entertained, thrilled and scared me. I look forward to Lise Erdrich’s long and glorious career.”

Jim Harrison:
“Night Train is abrasive, lucid, almost cruel but still very engaging. I admired the open mastery of language. It reminded me how wonderfully rejuvenating it can be to read prose of this quality.”