The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
Presents the story of four lives colliding; a story about friendship, about understanding, absolution and the indelible effects of the past; about journeys and dreams and loss, and about the very nature of love.
'Delivering us to a common center, no matter where we happen to have been born, Aminatta Forna tackles those great human experiences of love and war, of friendship, rivalry, of death and triumphant survivalOften darkly funny, written with gritty realism and tenderness, The Memory of Love is a profoundly affecting work' Kiran Desai 'A subtle and complex exploration, daring in depth and scope, of both the psyche of a war-torn African state and the attractions which it holds for an outsider. Forna is a writer of great talent who does not shy from tackling the toughest questions about why humans do the things they do: from the smallest act of betrayal to the greatest acts of love' Monica Ali 'A writer of startling talent' Daily Telegraph
Aminatta Forna was born in Scotland and raised in West Africa. Her first book, The Devil that Danced on the Water, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2003. Her novel Ancestor Stones was winner of the 2008 Hurston Wright Legacy Award, the Literaturpreis in Germany, was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and selected by the Washington Post as one of the most important books of 2006. In 2007 Vanity Fair named Aminatta as one of Africa's most promising new writers. Aminatta has also written for magazines and newspapers, radio and television, and presented television documentaries on Africa's history and art. Aminatta Forna lives in London with her husband.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408808139 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408808137 |
| Title | The Memory of Love |
| Author | Aminatta Forna |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2010-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2011 |
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