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“The world was filling with ghosts. We were a haunted country in a haunted world.”

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

June 1, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is a book I wouldn’t have picked up if not for one of my book clubs, and this is exactly why book clubs and stuff that makes you read outside your comfort zone are so fun. This book was so good! A real treat for book-lovers, and for humans who lived through (are living through?) the COVID-19 pandemic. I didn’t get excited about this one until somebody told me it was about a woman who is haunted by her least favorite bookshop customer, who […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Covid-19, Fiction, George Floyd, indigenous literature, lit-fic, literary fiction, Louise Erdrich, narfna, speculative, the pandemic, The Sentence

narfna's CBR15 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: CBR15Passport, Covid-19, Fiction, George Floyd, indigenous literature, lit-fic, literary fiction, Louise Erdrich, narfna, speculative, the pandemic, The Sentence ·
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