The Sentimentalists

Name: The Sentimentalists
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Johanna Skibsrud
ISBN: 9781461804857

Author: Johanna Skibsrud

Narrator: Celeste Ciulla, Greg Steinbruner, Joey Collins

Unabridged: 5 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/10/2011

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Johanna Skibsrud won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for this compelling debut novel. Napoleon Haskell lives in Casablanca, Ontario, on the shores of a man-made lake that covers the remains of the former town. When his daughter's life unravels, she retreats to Casablanca and is soon immersed in the complicated family stories that lurk below the surface of everyday life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on July 13, 2011

The writing in this book is absolutely beautiful, frequently poetic in describing the mundane. The story plays with time and place as the narrator attempts to piece together enough information to make it possible for her to understand her father. A number of devices run through the story, most notab......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on March 20, 2011

The talk of the publishing world. The darling about town from the little press that could. Such is the weight that Johanna Skibsrud’s debut novel has been saddled with since its unexpected Giller win back in November 2010. Against what some guessed were sure bets—Light Lifting and Annabel immediatel......more