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Item Details
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THE MEMORY OF LOVE
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| By: |
Aminatta Forna |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
080214568X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802145680 |
| Publisher: |
GROVE PRESS / ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
13 September, 2011 |
| Description: |
Adrian Lockheart is a psychologist escaping his life in England. Arriving in Freetown in the wake of civil war, he struggles with the intensity of the heat, dirt and secrets this country hides. A story unfolds about ordinary people in extrordinary circumstances and the indelible effects of the past. |
| Synopsis: |
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best BookFinalist for the Orange Prize for FictionAn "Essence" Book Club Pick In contemporary Sierra Leone, a devastating civil war has left an entire populace with secrets to keep. In the capital hospital, a gifted young surgeon is plagued by demons that are beginning to threaten his livelihood. Elsewhere in the hospital lies a dying man who was young during the country s turbulent postcolonial years and has stories to tell that are far from heroic. As past and present intersect in the buzzing city, these men are drawn unwittingly closer by a British psychologist with good intentions, and into the path of one woman at the center of their stories. A work of breathtaking writing and rare wisdom, "The Memory of Love" seamlessly weaves together two generations of African life to create a story of loss, absolution, and the indelible effects of the pastand, in the end, the very nature of love. [A] luminous tale of passion and betrayal. Maaza Mengiste, "The New York Times Book Review"" |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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