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Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible” was first published in 1984 as part of Love Medicine, a short story collection detailing the fictional lives of several multi-generational Ojibwe families
. In “The Red Convertible,” brothers Lyman and Henry Junior grapple with the effects of Henry Junior’s traumatic experience in the Vietnam War and their subsequent loss of innocence. Love Medicine was the recipient of the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award. It has been updated and rereleased twice, in 1993 and 2009.Read the full story summary, an in-depth character analysis of Lyman, and explanations of important quotes from "The Red Convertible."
