The Book Of Memory
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Author |
: Petina Gappah |
Publisher |
: Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2016-02-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780374714888 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0374714886 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Book of Memory by : Petina Gappah
The story that you have asked me to tell you does not begin with the pitiful ugliness of Lloyd’s death. It begins on a long-ago day in August when the sun seared my blistered face and I was nine years old and my father and mother sold me to a strange man. Memory, the narrator of Petina Gappah’s The Book of Memory, is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, after being sentenced for murder. As part of her appeal, her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it. The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, and Memory is, both literally and metaphorically, writing for her life. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been tried and convicted for the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adopted father. But who was Lloyd Hendricks? Why does Memory feel no remorse for his death? And did everything happen exactly as she remembers? Moving between the townships of the poor and the suburbs of the rich, and between past and present, the 2009 Guardian First Book Award–winning writer Petina Gappah weaves a compelling tale of love, obsession, the relentlessness of fate, and the treachery of memory.
Author |
: Lara Avery |
Publisher |
: Poppy |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 2016-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316283779 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316283770 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Memory Book by : Lara Avery
Perfect for fans of Everything, Everything and Five Feet Apart, a bittersweet story of love and loss, told one journal entry at a time. Sammie McCoy is a girl with a plan: graduate at the top of her class and get out of her small town as soon as possible. Nothing will stand in her way-not even the rare genetic disorder the doctors say will slowly steal her memories and then her health. So the memory book is born: a journal written to Sammie's future self. It's where she'll record every perfect detail of her first date with longtime-crush Stuart, and where she'll admit how much she's missed her childhood friend Cooper. The memory book will ensure Sammie never forgets the most important parts of her life-the people who have broken her heart, and those who have mended it. If Sammie's going to die, she's going to die living.
Author |
: Cecilia Ruiz |
Publisher |
: Blue Rider Press |
Total Pages |
: 66 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780399171932 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0399171932 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Book of Memory Gaps by : Cecilia Ruiz
"A hauntingly witty, illustrated debut in the vein of Edward Gorey, that explores the power and mystery of human memory, by artist Cecilia Ruiz"--
Author |
: Mary Carruthers |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 875 |
Release |
: 2008-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107652255 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107652251 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Book of Memory by : Mary Carruthers
Mary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory for a variety of purposes in European cultures during the Middle Ages has fundamentally changed the way scholars understand medieval culture. This fully revised and updated second edition considers afresh all the material and conclusions of the first. While responding to new directions in research inspired by the original, this new edition devotes much more attention to the role of trained memory in composition, whether of literature, music, architecture, or manuscript books. The new edition will reignite the debate on memory in medieval studies and, like the first, will be essential reading for scholars of history, music, the arts and literature, as well as those interested in issues of orality and literacy (anthropology), in the working and design of memory (both neuropsychology and artificial memory), and in the disciplines of meditation (religion).
Author |
: Maria Stepanova |
Publisher |
: New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 436 |
Release |
: 2021-02-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780811228848 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0811228843 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis In Memory of Memory by : Maria Stepanova
An exploration of life at the margins of history from one of Russia’s most exciting contemporary writers Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize Winner of the MLA Lois Roth Translation Award With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century. In dialogue with writers like Roland Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Susan Sontag, and Osip Mandelstam, In Memory of Memory is imbued with rare intellectual curiosity and a wonderfully soft-spoken, poetic voice. Dipping into various forms—essay, fiction, memoir, travelogue, and historical documents—Stepanova assembles a vast panorama of ideas and personalities and offers an entirely new and bold exploration of cultural and personal memory.
Author |
: Philippe Grimbert |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 178 |
Release |
: 2008-12-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781416560005 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1416560009 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Memory by : Philippe Grimbert
A runaway bestseller in Europe, "Memory" is a stunning combination of memoir and fiction. Twenty years after his mother and father jumped to their deaths, Grimbert, a psychoanalyst, explores the secrets that dominated his parents lives, in this beautiful and gripping novel.
Author |
: John S. Rickard |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 1999-01-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 082232170X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780822321705 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis Joyce's Book of Memory by : John S. Rickard
DIVDiscusses Ulysses arguing that through the operation of memory, it mimics the working of the human mind and achieves its status as one of the most intellectual achievements of the 20th century./div
Author |
: Harry Lorayne |
Publisher |
: Ballantine Books |
Total Pages |
: 239 |
Release |
: 2012-01-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307814067 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307814068 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Memory Book by : Harry Lorayne
Unleash the hidden power of your mind It’s there in all of us. A mental resource we don’t think much about. Memory. And now there’s a way to master its power. . . . Through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas’s simple, fail-safe memory system, you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful at work, at school, in sports, and at play. • Read with speed and greater understanding. • File phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head. • Send those birthday and anniversary cards on time. • Learn foreign words and phrases with ease. • Shine in the classroom and shorten study hours. • Dominate social situations: Remember and use important personal details. Begin today. The change in your life will be unforgettable
Author |
: Joanna Rowland |
Publisher |
: Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 34 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781506426723 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1506426727 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Memory Box by : Joanna Rowland
"I'm scared I'll forget you]]' From the perspective of a young child, Joanna Rowland artfully describes what it is like to remember and grieve a loved one who has died. The child in the story creates a memory box to keep mementos and written memories of the loved one, to help in the grieving process. Heartfelt and comforting, The Memory Box will help children and adults talk about this very difficult topic together. The unique point of view allows the reader to imagine the loss of any they have loved - a friend, family member, or even a pet. A parent guide in the back includes information on helping children manage the complex and difficult emotions they feel when they lose someone they love, as well as suggestions on how to create their own memory box.
Author |
: Yoko Ogawa |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2019-08-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101870617 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101870613 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Memory Police by : Yoko Ogawa
Finalist for the International Booker Prize and the National Book Award A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor. On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . . Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few able to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains forgotten. When a young writer discovers that her editor is in danger, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her f loorboards, and together they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past. Powerful and provocative, The Memory Police is a stunning novel about the trauma of loss. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * TIME * CHICAGO TRIBUNE * THE GUARDIAN * ESQUIRE * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS * FINANCIAL TIMES * LIBRARY JOURNAL * THE A.V. CLUB * KIRKUS REVIEWS * LITERARY HUB American Book Award winner