The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 7:00 pm to 8 pm
The club will meet via Zoom
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
"The coronavirus pandemic is still raging away and God knows we’ll be reading novels about it for years, but Louise Erdrich’s “The Sentence” may be the best one we ever get. Neither a grim rehashing of the lockdown nor an apocalyptic exaggeration of the virus, her book offers the kind of fresh reflection only time can facilitate, and yet it’s so current the ink feels wet.
Such is the mystery of Erdrich’s work, and “The Sentence” is among her most magical novels, switching tones with the felicity of a mockingbird. She notes that the Native American language of her ancestors “includes intricate forms of human relationships and infinite ways to joke,” and she fully explores that spectrum in these pages: A zany crime caper gives way to the horrors of police brutality; lives ruined flip suddenly into redemption; the deaths of half-a-million Americans play out while a grumpy ghost causes mischief. But the abiding presence here is love." – The Washington Post
Louise Erdrich is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant writers of the second wave of the Native American Renaissance. Among the many honors her novels have received: in 2009 The Plague of Doves was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; in 2015 The Round House received the National Book Award for Fiction and the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction; and in 2021The Night Watchman was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Join us!
This book is available at the library, or visit the Doylestown Bookshop to get your copy and receive a 20% discount. Just mention the Friends of the Doylestown Library Book Club,
Join Zoom Meeting: TBA
Zoom information will be sent about a week in advance of the meeting and also posted on the Friends’ website – https://friendsofdtownlibrary.org
Questions? friendsofdoystownlibrary@gmail.com
