The Longest Memory - FIRST PRINTING

D'Aguiar, Fred - SIGNED WHITBREAD WINNER

ISBN 10: 0701162341 / ISBN 13: 9780701162344

Published by Chatto & Windus, 1994

About this Item

SIGNED on the title page. The winner of the WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL AWARD. Perfect signed unread copy in a perfect protected jacket. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # ABE-2586179840

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Longest Memory - FIRST PRINTING
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701162341
• ISBN 13: 9780701162344
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

Written in taut, poetic language, THE LONGEST MEMORY is set on a Virginian plantation in the 19th century, and tells the tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave who breaks all the rules: in learning to read and write, in falling in love with a white girl, the daughter of his owner, and, finally, in trying to escape and join her in the free North. For his attempt to flee, he is whipped to death in front of his family, and this brutal event is the pivot around which the story evolves.

About the Author

Fred D'Aguiar was born in London in 1960 and raised in Guyana and south-east London. He now lives in Florida, where he teaches English at the University of Miami. Author of four novels and four books of poetry, he has been awarded the University of Kent's T.S. Eliot prize for poetry, the Guyanese National Poetry Award and the Malcolm X prize for poetry. He also won the 1994 Whitbread First Novel Award and the David Higham Award for The Longest Memory.