Memory and Oblivion by Paloma Sanchezgarnica
Paloma Sánchez-Garnica’s first novel to be translated into English is a beautiful, harrowing, and illuminating story of family betrayals and a last chance for forgiveness. Carlota Molina has a brilliant career as a judge in Madrid, the respect of her peers, and an independent life. But it’s a life still haunted by the specter of a father she’s been estranged from for decades. Then one day Carlota gets a phone call from a familial stranger—her half sister, Julia—with an impassioned request. After years of pain and distance, Carlota’s father, Clemente, wants to see her before he dies…and to settle the past. Seizing on the opportunity to confront all her disillusions, Carlota begins to unravel the lies and deception in her family history. Some secrets she knows, and some secrets she has yet to discover. It is up to Carlota to decide how much of a mark she will let those secrets leave.
Paloma Sánchez-Garnica was born in Madrid. A history and law graduate, she is the author of The Great Mystery, The Eastern Breeze, The Soul of Stone, and The Three Wounds. Memory and Oblivion, winner of Spain’s Fernando Lara de Novela Prize, is the author’s first book to be translated into English. Visit her at www.palomasanchez-garnica.com. Achy Obejas is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, novelist, and poet. The author of Ruins, Memory Mambo, Days of Awe, and the bestselling poetry chapbook This Is What Happened in Our Other Life, Obejas is also the editor of Akashic’s critically acclaimed crime-fiction anthology Havana Noir and the translator (into Spanish) of Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Currently she is the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago. She was born in Havana and continues to spend extended time there.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781503903029 |
| ISBN 10 | 1503903028 |
| Title | Memory and Oblivion |
| Author | Paloma Sánchez-Garnica |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Amazon Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-11-13 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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