Book description
'Amazing. The first three stories are the best things I've ever read.' Ann Patchett, via Reese's Book Club
From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich, a captivating collection of short stories.
It was as though I was chosen-marked out by the python's kiss for wisdom or maybe…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Python's Kiss as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I have found that authors can tell a compelling story, write beautifully, or have you fall in love with their characters. Somehow Erdrich does all three, and does so consistently across all of these short stories.
Often revolving around intimate corners of family life and new relationships, each protagonist feels fully formed within a matter of two pages. Erdrich seems endlessly curious about the ways people live, love, fail one another, survive, and carry on, and each story opens a door into a world I was reluctant to leave. I savored this book, reading one short story a day…
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