The Sentence

Name: The Sentence
Brand: Little, Brown Book Group
SKU: 9781472157010
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Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022

By Louise Erdrich

3.95

( 73,670 ratings, 10,071 reviews)

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The Sentence by Louise Erdrich explores the story of Tookie, a woman who works in a bookstore after being released from prison. The tale delves into themes of grief, loss, and the impact of the past, set against the backdrop of a haunted bookshop in Minneapolis.
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The Sentence

From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich comes a richly layered novel that explores identity, exploitation, and how the burdens of history still shape our lives today.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF The Night Watchman

In this stunning and timely novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage, and of a woman's relentless errors.

Louise Erdrich's latest novel, The Sentence, delves into the intricacies of life and death through the lens of a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis. The story spans from November 2019 to November 2020, a year marked by unprecedented events and deep reflection. When the store's most obstinate customer, Flora, dies on All Souls' Day, her spirit stubbornly refuses to leave the establishment. The protagonist, Tookie, who has found solace and purpose in her job selling books after a long stint of incarceration, is thrust into the mystery of Flora's haunting.

As Tookie navigates the spectral presence of Flora, she must also grapple with the turbulent events unfolding in Minneapolis, a city at the heart of nationwide upheaval. Her journey is both a ghost story and a profound exploration of what we owe to the living and the dead, to our communities, and to literature itself. With Erdrich's trademark wit and insight, The Sentence invites readers into a world where the past and present collide, and where books hold the keys to understanding amidst chaos.

The Sentence begins on All Souls' Day 2019 and concludes on All Souls' Day 2020, encompassing a year that is both haunted and haunting. The mystery and myriad ghost stories that proliferate during this period drive a narrative that is as rich, emotional, and profound as anything Louise Erdrich has written.

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'Erdrich is one of the greatest living American writers' Guardian

'Strange, enchanting and funny: a work about motherhood, doom, regret and the magic - dark, benevolent and every shade in between - of words on paper' New York Times

'The poet laureate of the contemporary Native American experience' Mail on Sunday

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The Sentence by Louise Erdrich is lauded for its compassionate yet sharp-sighted prose, dealing with themes of ghosts and America's dark history. Reviewers highlight its profound insights into the global pandemic and systemic racism, calling it one of Erdrich's most illuminating works. It is praised for being both a gripping ghost story and a love letter to books, capturing a year of personal and national dread with an ultimately hopeful resolution. The novel is described as strange, enchanting, and a thought-provoking work of art that brings solace through literature.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472157010

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 January 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Corsair

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 317g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Louise Erdrich, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction. Love Medicine and LaRose received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and The Night Watchman won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. The Sentence was shortlisted for The Women's Prize for Fiction 2022. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. A ghost lives in her creaky old house.