A History Of Forgetting

Hardcover. 342 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Headline, UK, 2001. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Edges of boards have superficial wear. Spine has minor lean. Dust jacket has light creasing. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are slightly soiled. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Malcolm Firth is an aging hairdresser whose partner, Denis, is wasting away from memory loss. Malcolm works at a zany Vancouver hair salon where he trains Alison, a young ingenue from the suburbs, amidst a staff of eccentric urbanoid hair stylists. Their clients include a troop of old people, one of whom is a Holocaust survivor. It is this old woman who provides innocent Alison with her first glimpse into the depredations of the human race. When one of Alison's gay friends is brutally murdered by skinheads, she is soon propelled on a harrowing journey of sorrow and the getting of wisdom. Haunted by the death of her friend, she wanders the rings of a psychological and spiritual inferno, bringing the slowly dissipating Malcolm with her. Her obsession takes them to post-communist Poland where they struggle to reconstitute the past in the killing grounds of Auschwitz. How do we remember our history Why are the same cruelties repeated through time These are the urgent questions that underpin this powerful first novel from one of Canada's most emotionally daring young writers. Rich in its emotional ground, beautifully pitched, and written in a refined and assured prose style, A History of Forgetting is a most compelling book. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0747270635. ISBN/EAN: 9780747270638. Inventory No: 24120143. Hardcover

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ISBN: 0747270635

ISBN-13: 9780747270638

Publisher: Headline

Year: 2001

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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