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The Reservation By Erdrich Analysis
The novel commences with Nanapush’s account of the events that took place during the winters of the year 1912 at the reservation. Surprisingly, in the opening lines of the novel Erdrich offers references to the temporality of the events, but leaves the questions of spatiality of the events unanswered. Erdrich intentionally informs the readers regarding the period when those events took place, and leaves the identity and location of the reservation open for debate. She, consciously, offers topographical clues of the reservation to the reader, in an effort to invite the readers’ attention to the interconnectedness of the issues of space, place and identity. By leaving the identity of the reservation undisclosed, she actually problematizes the
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