The Longest Memory by Fred D'aguiar

The Longest Memory by Fred D'aguiar

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.

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 makes The Longest Memory hard to forget -- Peter Kemp * Sunday Times *
This deceptively simple book resonates long after it is finished -- Paula Burnett * New Statesman and Society *

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 prize for poetry. He also won the 1994 Whitbread First Novel Award and the David Higham Award for The Longest Memory.

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ISBN 13	9780099462217
ISBN 10	0099462214
Titel	The Longest Memory
Autor	Fred D'aguiar
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	1995-07-06
Seitenanzahl	144
Preise	Winner of David Higham Prize for Fiction 1994, Winner of Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 1994, Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 1994
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