Further details of certain events surrounding Pauline Puyat are explained, not in chronological order, through Father Jude Miller's interviews of Damien. Erdrich intermixes these timelines Damien has been writing letters to the Vatican since he arrived at the reservation in 1912, and these letters link the text to his memories of Agnes's life. There are two main timelines: novel’s “present day,” set in 1996 during the last few months of Father Damien's life, and Damien's past as Agnes DeWitt, from 1910 onward. It can be argued that Last Report is a postmodern work because of its fragmented narrative, dark humor, and metafictional inclusion of the author herself in the epilogue.
The way her novels connect with interwoven sets of characters and relationships in a fictional setting has also been compared to William Faulkner’s works.
Genre Įrdrich is known to mix the real and surreal in a manner reminiscent of magical realism. The preceding novel, Tales of Burning Love, also features Pauline Puyat as Sister Leopolda, but the events in Last Report connect most strongly to Erdrich's novel Tracks. Like the other works in the Love Medicine series, Last Report centers the lives of Anishinaabe families who live on a fictional reservation presumed to be in North Dakota. Erdrich's narration alternates between Agnes’ early 20th-century memories and a series of interviews set in 1996 wherein another priest questions Damien about the possible canonization of Pauline Puyat. The novel tells the story of Agnes DeWitt as Father Damien, the reverend who becomes part of the reservation community. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, first published in 2001, is a novel by author Louise Erdrich. 2001 novel by Louise Erdrich The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
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