Synopsis
In The Tree of Forgetfulness, writer Pam Durban, winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award, continues her exploration of southern history and memory. This mesmerizing and disquieting novel recovers the largely untold story of a brutal Jim Crow--era triple lynching in Aiken County, South Carolina. Through the interweaving of several characters' voices, Durban produces a complex narrative in which each section reveals a different facet of the event. The Tree of Forgetfulness resurrects a troubled past and explores the individual and collective loyalties that led a community to choose silence over justice.
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About the Author
Pam Durban is the author of All Set About with Fever Trees, The Laughing Place, and So Far Back. Her stories and essays have been widely published, and her short story "Soon" was included in The Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is Doris Betts Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina.
Reviews
Pam Durban explores memory, race relations, and moral responsibility in her beautifully written and complex new novel. At the center is the horrific murder of three African Americans in Aiken, South Carolina, in 1926, murders for which no one was punished. The events of the night unfold slowly, with each character adding a voice and a perspective to illuminate how the murders happened and the effect the murders had on the town and townspeople. Durban shifts back and forth in time, from the immediate aftermath of the murders to the death-bed reflections of the main protagonist, Henry Aimar. The tale is narrated through a series of multidimensional characters, each representing a different part of the heavily segregated southern society. The shifting narration gives the reader a panoramic view of the town, and Durban deftly places the reader inside the heads of the characters, illustrating their excuses and justifications for action or the lack thereof. Durban’s expertly paced, concise, and compelling read packs a mighty literary punch. --Eve Gaus
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