Layers identity, history's burdens shaping today.
If you're drawn to narratives that blend the personal with historical, "The Sentence" by Louise Erdrich will resonate. It's a book that delves deep into how our pasts inform our present, a thought-provoking piece that doesn't shy away from the complexities of identity and the long shadow of history. Erdrich's skillful writing promises a rich, multi-faceted experience.
ISBN: 9781472157010
Authors:
Louise Erdrich
Publisher: Corsair
Date of Publication: 2023-01-05
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
Magical Realism
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 72751 readers)
Description
In this powerful and timely novel, National Book Award winning author Louise Erdrich explores how the burdens of history, and especially identity, appropriation, exploitation, and violence done to human beings in the name of justice, manifest in ordinary lives today. Revolving around a small independent bookstore in contemporary Minneapolis, The Sentence follows a turbulent year in the life of a strong though vulnerable Ojibwe woman named Tookie. After serving part of an outrageously long sentence, Tookie, who “learned to read with murderous attention” while in prison, naturally gravitates toward working at a bookstore. There she joins a dedicated community of artists and book lovers and begins to build a new life for herself. When Flora, the store’s most persistent customer, suddenly dies, her ghost refuses to leave. Flora returns on All Soul’s Day to haunt the bookstore and in particular, Tookie. The mystery of this revenant’s appearance leads Asema, a fellow Ojibwe bookseller, and Tookie to a shocking personal discovery with historical reverberations. Tookie finds that this year of disease, violence, and political upheaval is, on a worldwide scale, a year of ghosts and hauntings. A complicated love finds Tookie as well when Pollux, who has been in love with her for years, proposes, and they marry. Pollux was the tribal police officer who arrested Tookie all those years ago for a crime which
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