... an excellent overview of key critical approaches to Erdich in four broad conceptual areas: history and storytelling, biculturalism and narrative strategy, individual and cultural survival, and reading and writing self and other. Wong has chosen carefully, offering a balance of essays by both Native and non-Native scholars and writers that illuminate the depth and breadth of Erdich's reference and also the diversity of incisive readings her novel has received.

... an excellent overview of key critical approaches to Erdich in four broad conceptual areas: history and storytelling, biculturalism and narrative strategy, individual and cultural survival, and reading and writing self and other. Wong has chosen carefully, offering a balance of essays by both Native and non-Native scholars and writers that illuminate the depth and breadth of Erdich's reference and also the diversity of incisive readings her novel has received.

... an excellent overview of key critical approaches to Erdich in four broad conceptual areas: history and storytelling, biculturalism and narrative strategy, individual and cultural survival, and reading and writing self and other. Wong has chosen carefully, offering a balance of essays by both Native and non-Native scholars and writers that illuminate the depth and breadth of Erdich's reference and also the diversity of incisive readings her novel has received.