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Sentence by Matthew Baker (2024, Book, Other)

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The Sentence is wholly unique: a graphic novel told in the form of a sentence diagram.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDzanc Books

ISBN-101950539741

ISBN-139781950539741

eBay Product ID (ePID)12057273586

Product Key Features

Book TitleSentence

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary

Publication Year2024

GenreFiction

AuthorMatthew Baker

FormatBook, Other

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight0.4 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width6 in

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Reviews"I was left in awe." -- Tiana Clark, author of I Can't Talk About The Trees Without The Blood "This is a perfect book." -- Lydia Conklin, author of Rainbow Rainbow "There's a moment in The Sentence --that I wouldn'tdare spoil--when the reader's commitment to this literary challenge is rewardedwith the sensation of floating away on a cloud. It is sublime." -- Jac Schaeffer, writer and creator of WandaVision "In The Sentence , Matthew Baker has once again rewired my brain... Baker'swork evokes the thrill of discovery in Choose Your Own Adventure books,immersive theater, and Calvino's hidden architectures." -- Simon Han, author of Nights When Nothing Happened "Matthew Baker's writing can only be described in the many yets itcreates: humorous yet disturbing, gripping yet patient, timely yet timeless. In The Sentence , Baker offers a precise, visionary story of survival andcommunity told in the form of a sentence diagram. On its surface a dystopiancautionary tale, this novella is a startling reflection on language, trust, anddesperation in the face of fascism. This is Baker's most exciting work yet." -- Isle McElroy, author of The Atmospherians and People Collide " The Sentence is a captivating magic trick... Lovers of Raymond Queneau's Exercisesin Style and Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl and Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch will find themselves relieved to discover that rampant, expansive, and daringexperimentalism is alive and well in the work of Matthew Baker." -- Rita Bullwinkel, author of Headshot and Belly Up "A beautiful tribute." -- Gabriel Mascaro, writer and director of Divine Love "A knife-edge thriller, a crystalline schematic, and apiercing character study... Prepare to be changed." -- Sam Ross, author of Company "Anovel that is as inventive as it is incisive... This is a book that can beconsumed one sitting, but that will stick with a reader long after its lastclause." -- Allegra Hyde, author of Eleutheria and The LastCatastrophe "Matthew Baker's The Sentence is a masterful and deviously elegantdisplay of the choices that are made in constructing a work of art and howthese choices reveal the construction of consciousness in systems that can bothentrap and liberate us, linguistically, interpersonally, politically. This bookis a pleasure and an accomplishment, one that I plan on marveling at andenjoying again and again." -- Mary South, author of You Will Never Be Forgotten "Never before have I felt so powerfully the drama of syntax. This book is amarvel... yet another thrilling innovation from the mad laboratory of MatthewBaker." -- Chris Bachelder, author of The Throwback Special "The most ingenious piece of writing I've ever read." -- Zoé Wittock, writer and director of Jumbo "Baker's mind is thrilling... TheSentence is a book of astonishing invention." -- Claire Luchette, author of Agatha Of LittleNeon, Praise for Matthew Baker and Why Visit America "Satirical and comedic... The premises of the storiesin "Why Visit America" are increasingly inventive and clever, often featuringsome sort of reversal to our current social order, offering up allegoricalcommentary on who we are as Americans." The New York Times "Baker never takes the easy way out. He doesn't brandish sharp swords atAmerican capitalism or consumer excess or fears that masquerade as politics.Neither does he construct straw men, then ask the reader to applaud when helights them on fire." The Washington Post "Imaginative. . . .Satirical and deeply humane, these poignant storiesexpose the moral bankruptcy at the rotten core of the American socialcontract." Esquire "Inventive. . . . Baker pairs his propensity for play with broad societalcritiques. . . . In the vein of a writer like Donald Barthelme, Baker is bothwitty and big-hearted." The A.V. Club "Baker has a sharp eye for Americana, both faded and glossy. . . .Quicklymoving from the naturalist to the surreal, the erotic, and the experimental,the diversity of styles, locales, and characters in this collection is atestament to Baker's range. . . In form and concept, these stories recall thoseby the great fabulists Italo Calvino, Jorge Luis Borges, and ShirleyJackson." Guernica "Striking... In Baker's stories we see an aspirational America: a countrywrought with anger and longing and fear and hate but also one where you can'tlet go of the feeling that we are hurtling toward some greaterreconciliation... Baker's writing is beyond satisfying." The Rumpus "This book is a collection of thirteen short stories that span the width andbreadth of America, tackling its despairs, its hopes, its triumphs, and itsfailures with an eloquence and insight that frankly should be illegal for howgood it is." Lightspeed Magazine "The genre is 'literary fiction', the overriding theme funhouse-mirrorvisions of the titular country's quirks and obsessions. . . .This is afirst-rate writer." Nightmare Magazine "Bold, captivating, and deeply relevant, Baker's imaginative stories offerapproachable, optimistic perspectives on morally ambiguous topics facingAmericans, including what it means to be one nation." Booklist , starred review "The mundane details of everyday life are tweaked in subtle but surprising,fantastical ways. . . This is a smart, imaginative, and thoughtfulcollection." Publishers Weekly

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SynopsisThe Sentence is wholly unique: a graphic novel told in the form of a sentence diagram. A single 6732-word sentence, diagrammed in full. Set in a parallel-universe United States in which the government has recently been overthrown by a military coup, the story is narrated by a lonely young grammar professor, Riley, who is suddenly branded a traitor by the new regime. Bewildered by the charges, and fearing a death sentence, Riley manages to flee to an anarchist commune in the wilderness. After a lifetime of feeling alienated, of desperately longing for friendship, Riley is astonished to be accepted and loved by the anarchists--to come to love the anarchists in return. But when the anarchists reveal a plot to assassinate the authoritarian dictator of the country, Riley is forced to choose whether to support the plot--to return to the capital and help the anarchists bomb the headquarters--or to lose their newfound family forever.