The Sentence A Novel
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, published by HarperCollins Publishers on September 6, 2022, is a novel that intertwines elements of fiction, fantasy, and the paranormal. This 386-page book presents a unique narrative set in a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis, where the ghost of a difficult customer haunts the establishment for a year, prompting reflections on life, death, and the power of literature.
Readers will find a story that explores themes of love, grief, and the complexities of human relationships through the eyes of Tookie, a former inmate who discovers her passion for books while navigating the challenges of her new life. As Tookie confronts the haunting presence of Flora, she also grapples with the broader social issues unfolding in Minneapolis during a tumultuous year. The Sentence invites readers to consider their connections to the living and the dead, as well as the significance of storytelling in times of crisis.
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“Dazzling. . . . A hard-won love letter to readers and to booksellers, as well as a compelling story about how we cope with pain and fear, injustice and illness. One good way is to press a beloved book into another’s hands. Read The Sentence and then do just that.”–USA Today, Four Stars
In this New York Times bestselling 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, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store’s most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls’ Day, but she simply won’t leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading “with murderous attention,” must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning.
The Sentence begins on All Souls’ Day 2019 and ends on All Souls’ Day 2020. Its mystery and proliferating ghost stories during this one year propel a narrative as rich, emotional, and profound as anything Louise Erdrich has written.
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