Accomplice to Memory (Paperback)

Q.M. Zhang

ISBN 10: 1885030525 / ISBN 13: 9781885030528

Published by Kaya Press, New York, 2017

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Paperback. In Accomplice to Memory, Q.M. Zhang pieces together the mystery of her fathers exodus from China to the US during the two decades of civil and world war leading up to the 1949 revolution. But after a lifetime of her fathers secrets and lies, Zhangs efforts to untangle the truth are thwarted by the distance between generations and her fathers growing dementia. One day, late in his life, Zhangs father tells her a story she never heard before, and suddenly, all of his previous stories begin to unravel. Before she can get clarity on the new information, her father is hospitalized. Armed with history books and timelines, Zhang sits at her fathers bedside recording accounts of love, espionage and betrayal, attempting to parse out the truth. Part memoir, novel and historical documentary, this hybrid text explores the silences and subterfuge of an immigrant parent, and the struggles of the second generation to understand the first. Q.M. Zhang is a Professor of Cultural Psychology at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Accomplice to Memory (Paperback)
• Publisher: Kaya Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1885030525
• ISBN 13: 9781885030528
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In Accomplice to Memory, Q.M. Zhang pieces together the mystery of her father's exodus from China to the US during the two decades of civil and world war leading up to the 1949 revolution. But after a lifetime of her father's secrets and lies, Zhang's efforts to untangle the truth are thwarted by the distance between generations and her father's growing dementia. One day, late in his life, Zhang's father tells her a story she never heard before, and suddenly, all of his previous stories begin to unravel. Before she can get clarity on the new information, her father is hospitalized. Armed with history books and timelines, Zhang sits at her father's bedside recording accounts of love, espionage and betrayal, attempting to parse out the truth. Part memoir, novel and historical documentary, this hybrid text explores the silences and subterfuge of an immigrant parent, and the struggles of the second generation to understand the first.

From the Back Cover

"Accomplice to Memory is a stunning achievement, an exquisitely rendered map to the mysterious territory of history, memory and imagination." --Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for the Time Being

"Q.M. Zhang has written one of the great fathers of recent literature, a father too large and restless for a single room. Thus, we have a whole house of him, built of memoir, fiction, documentary, and image." --Paul Lisicky, author of The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship