Question 1

What is The Night Watchman about?

Accepted Answer

Based on the extraordinary life of Louis Erdrich's grandfather Patrick Gourneau, who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, with lightness and gravity, and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a literary master. Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the jewel-bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a Chippewa council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new "emancipation" bill on…

Question 2

Who wrote The Night Watchman?

Accepted Answer

The Night Watchman was written by Louise Erdrich.

Question 3

How many pages is The Night Watchman?

Accepted Answer

The Night Watchman is 464 pages long.

Question 4

When was The Night Watchman published?

Accepted Answer

The Night Watchman was published in 2020.