![]() Although in my thirties, I still clung to a teenager's physical pursuits and mental habits. I was at a perilous age when I committed my crime. Without a doubt, had the dictionary not arrived, this light word that lay so heavily upon me would have crushed me, or what was left of me after the strangeness of what I'd done. A novel that reckons with ghosts - of both specific people but also the shadows resulting from Americas violent, dark. So the word with its yawning c, belligerent little e's, with its hissing sibilants and double n's, this repetitive bummer of a word made of slyly stabbing letters that surrounded an isolate human t, this word was in my thoughts every moment of every day. Back to home page See More Details about 'The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (2021. ![]() We’ll take a look and remove the review if it doesn’t follow our guidelines. The first word I looked up was the word 'sentence.' I had received an impossible sentence of sixty years from the lips of a judge who believed in an after- life. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Sentence, Erdrich, Louise, 9780062671127 at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many products. But as she had known, this one proved of endless use. Louise Erdrich is the rarest kind of writer, as compassionate as she is sharp-sighted- Anne Tyler A novel that reckons with ghosts - of both specific people but also the shadows resulting from Americas violent, dark habits Kirkus (starred review) Scintillating. ![]() ![]() Other books were to arrive from my teacher. This is the book I would take to a deserted island. While in prison, I received a dictionary. ![]()
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