Kevin Powers http://www.npr.org Kevin Powers en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:58:00 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Kevin Powers http://www.npr.org Louise Erdrich's 'The Round House' Wins National Book Award For Fiction Erdrich's novel is laced with emotional nuance, and demonstrates in painful detail the legal and cultural obstacles to prosecuting rapists on a North Dakota reservation. Katherine Boo's acclaimed <em>Behind the Beautiful Forevers </em><em>– about life in a slum in Mumbai, India</em> — won the nonfiction award. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:58:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/11/14/165178192/louise-erdrichs-the-round-house-wins-national-book-award-for-fiction?ft=1&f=165178415 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/11/14/165178192/louise-erdrichs-the-round-house-wins-national-book-award-for-fiction?ft=1&f=165178415 Erdrich's novel is laced with emotional nuance, and demonstrates in painful detail the legal and cultural obstacles to prosecuting rapists on a North Dakota reservation. Katherine Boo's acclaimed Behind the Beautiful Forevers – about life in a slum in Mumbai, India — won the nonfiction award.

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