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The Story of Forgetting
Stefan Merrill Block (Auteur principal)
Livre | Format : Livre poche | Editeur : FABER ET FABER | Date de parution : 28/01/2009
Résumé
In Stefan Merrill Block';s extraordinary debut, three narratives intertwine to create a story that is by turns funny, smart, introspective, and revelatory. Abel Haggard is an elderly hunchback who haunts the remnants of his family';s farm in the encroaching shadow of the Dallas suburbs, adrift in recollections of those he loved and lost long ago. As a young man, he believed himself to be "the one person too many"; now he is all that remains. Hundreds of miles to the south, in Austin, Seth Waller is a teenage "Master of Nothingness"-a prime specimen of that gangly, pimple-rashed, too-smart breed of adolescent that vanishes in a puff of sarcasm at the slightest threat of human contact. When his mother is diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer';s, Seth sets out on a quest to find her lost relatives and to conduct an "empirical investigation" that will uncover the truth of her genetic history. Though neither knows of the other';s existence, Abel and Seth are linked by a dual legacy: the disease that destroys the memories of those they love, and the story of Isidora-an edenic fantasy world free from the sorrows of remembrance, a land without memory where nothing is ever possessed, so nothing can be lost. Through the fusion of myth, science, and storytelling, this novel offers a dazzling illumination of the hard-learned truth that only through the loss of what we consider precious can we understand the value of what remains.From the Harcover edition.
Détails
EAN | 9780571239542 |
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ISBN | 0571239544 |
Contributeurs | Stefan Merrill Block (Auteur principal) |
Format | Livre poche |
Support | Non |
Nombre de pages | 313 |
Éditeur | FABER ET FABER |
Largeur | 11.2 cm |
Longueur | 17.7 cm |
Épaisseur | 2.1 cm |
Poids | 0.171 kg |
Impression à la demande | Non |
Catégories | Livres, Romans, Polars |
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