The Longest Memory

by Fred D ' Aguiar (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $5.71

  This is the first novel by the prize-winning poet, Fred D'Aguiar, and has been awarded the 1994 David Higham Prize, and also the 1994 Whitbread First Novel category. Set on a Virginian plantation in the 19th century and it tells the tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave.

• New

  Paperback
  1995

  $10.49

  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.