The Sentence
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich is a large print edition published by HarperCollins Publishers on November 9, 2021. This novel presents a unique blend of humor and supernatural elements, centered around a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis that becomes haunted by a persistent customer named Flora. The narrative unfolds over the course of a year, exploring themes of love, loss, and the connections between the living and the dead.
Readers will find a compelling story that intertwines the complexities of a woman’s life, including her past and the challenges she faces in a time of societal upheaval. Tookie, the protagonist, navigates her new role as a bookseller while grappling with the haunting presence of Flora and the events that shape Minneapolis during a year marked by grief and reckoning. The Sentence delves into the significance of literature and the bonds formed through shared stories, making it a thought-provoking read for those interested in contemporary fiction with elements of the paranormal.
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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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