ISBN: 9781894433013 - a history of forgetting (6 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Signed on title page. general wear. Signed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback Original. Condición: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Cover with flaps. Canadian author's second book and first novel. 359 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. First Edition.

Condición: New. French Flaps-" 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. Caroline Adderson is a virtuoso conjurer of the human condition. "(1999) From the Back Cover: "Malcolm, an aging hairdresser, is reclusive and bitter. Alison, a salon apprentice, is dismissed by Malcolm for her embarrassing innocence. When their colleague is murdered by neo-Nazis, however, the two embark on an unplanned pilgrimage to Auschwitz. A moving and sharp-edged novel by the award-winning author of Ellen in Pieces.".…

Soft cover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. As New, A Barely Read Copy. - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ A History Of Forgetting Is The Story Of Two Vancouver Hairdressers -Malcolm, An Aging Gay Man, And Alison, A Rather Naïve 20 Year-Old — Who Make A Pilgrimage To The Auschwitz Museum. The Idea For The Novel Came To Me After Reading An Article In The New Yorker About The Hair In The Auschwitz Museum. …

Soft Cover. Condición: VG. First Edition Paperback. A diagonal crease in the middle of the first few pages, light soil to outer edges and light creasing from page handling. French wraps have edge/rub wear, light creasing and a label on the rear panel. Actual book for sale pictured. 13.5 x 21 x 2.6cm, wt600g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…