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The Longest Memory
Fred D´aguiar
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Description for The Longest Memory
Paperback. The tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave who breaks all the rules: in learning to read and write; in falling in love with a white girl, the daughter of his owner, and finally in trying to escape and joining her in the free North. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 112.
Written in taut, poetic language, THE LONGEST MEMORY is set on a Virginian plantation in the 19th century, and tells the tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave who breaks all the rules: in learning to read and write, in falling in love with a white girl, the daughter of his owner, and, finally, in trying to escape and join her in the free North. For his attempt to flee, he is whipped to death in front of his family, and this brutal event is the pivot around which the story evolves.
Written in taut, poetic language, THE LONGEST MEMORY is set on a Virginian plantation in the 19th century, and tells the tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave who breaks all the rules: in learning to read and write, in falling in love with a white girl, the daughter of his owner, and, finally, in trying to escape and join her in the free North. For his attempt to flee, he is whipped to death in front of his family, and this brutal event is the pivot around which the story evolves.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099462217
SKU
9780099462217
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Ref
99-2
About Fred D´aguiar
Fred D'Aguiar was born in London in 1960 and raised in Guyana and south-east London. He now lives in Florida, where he teaches English at the University of Miami. Author of four novels and four books of poetry, he has been awarded the University of Kent's T.S. Eliot prize for poetry, the Guyanese National Poetry Award and the Malcolm X ... Read more
Reviews for The Longest Memory
A haunting novel whose brevity and directness belie the depths of tragedy it plumbs.
Aida Edemariam
The Guardian (London)
D'Aguiar marks his accomplished arrival as a novelist with this compelling and compassionate work
Sean Coughlan
The Times
A short book that speaks volumes about slavery... Keeping his page taut with compression and compassion, D'Aguiar ... Read more
Aida Edemariam
The Guardian (London)
D'Aguiar marks his accomplished arrival as a novelist with this compelling and compassionate work
Sean Coughlan
The Times
A short book that speaks volumes about slavery... Keeping his page taut with compression and compassion, D'Aguiar ... Read more