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“Sly, smart, and intriguingly mutable.” ―Elle
“A fiercely vivid novel . . . [a] beautiful, gliding dance of language.” ―Los Angeles Times
“Crisply written, wryly humorous, The Book of Memory attests to [Gappah’s] astonishing talent.” ―Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Petina Gappah powerfully probes the tricksy nature of memory [and] brilliantly exposes the gulf between rich and poor . . . The novel is startlingly vivid . . . This is a moving novel about memory that unfolds into one about forgiveness, and a passionate paean to the powers of language.” ―Anita Sethi, The Observer (London)
“For a novel saturated with death, The Book of Memory is most emphatically alive . . . [Petina Gappah’s] language dazzles . . . [Gappah is] a writer to take to the heart as well as the head.” ―Catherine Taylor, Financial Times
“The Book of Memory flits back and forth in time and the plot twists and turns right to the end. It is no surprise that Petina Gappah is considered a rising literary star.” ―Aline Reed, Sunday Express
“This is a powerful story of innocent lives destroyed by family secrets and sexual jealousy, prejudice and unacknowledged kinship across the ‘artificial divisions this country has erected to keep people apart.’ From its burden of guilt flow reflections on fate, religious superstition and the fallibility of memory, with allusions ranging from Thomas Hardy― including a fatefully unread letter―to the Greek furies. At its best, individual lives mesh with the country’s distorted fate.”―Maya Jaggi, The Guardian
“[Petina Gappah has a] warm, sane, engaging voice.” ―Phil Baker, The Sunday Times (London)
“Petina Gappah’s writing is mercilessly sharp.” ―Kate Saunders, The Times (London)
“Gappah crafts ample suspense . . . the narrative works as a cautionary tale of how superstition and prejudice can shape one’s destiny. The result is a beguiling mystery.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Gappah’s vivid first novel . . . is an exploration into the unpredictable grip of memory and perception. . . . Gappah offers a nuanced, engaging journey as Memory rights the balance between truth and long-held assumptions.” ―Booklist
“The scope here is ambitious. Gappah takes readers across racial and economic lines and sets Memory’s complex upbringing against 30 years of Zimbabwean history . . . Gappah’s elaborate tale is intricately plotted.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Gappah is a gifted, sensual writer who uses everything from county and western music to ‘the high whine of a million mosquitoes,’ to the taste of a stolen mango to draw the reader into her world.” ―The Irish Times
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. London. Faber & Faber. 2015. Hard Cover. Green cloth boards with silver spine titles. Illustrated dust wrapper protected in mylar. Both book and jacket are new. Flat signed by the author without dedication to the title page. First Printing. (1 in number line on copyright page) Please have a look at our wide selection of new, signed first editions; a must for the hypermodern collector. Moving between the townships of the poor and the suburbs of the rich, and between the past and the present, Memory weaves a compelling tale of love, obsession, the relentlessness of fate and the treachery of memory. Memory, the narrator of The Book of Memory, is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, where she has been convicted of murder. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been tried and convicted for the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adopted father. Debut novel winner of the Guardian First Book Award for her stories, An Elegy for Easterly. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # DEC12KH004
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with the number "1" to the copyright page to indicate a true first print. Signed by the author Petina Gappah to the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 004531
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. LONDON: Faber (2015). First U.K. edition. First printing. Hardbound. New/New. A pristine unread copy (without marks or bruises or smells or any other defect). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket cover (not clipped, of course). Shipped in well-padded box. Purchased new and opened only for author to sign, no inscriptions, just the author's name. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. You cannot find a better copy. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 10-2015-91