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THE LONGEST MEMORY
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From William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner to Toni Morrison's Beloved, modern American fiction engaged with slavery has provoked fiery controversy. So will The Longest Memory, the powerful, beautifully crafted, internationally acclaimed fictional debut of prizewinning Guyanese poet Fred D'Aguiar. In language extraordinary for its tautness and resonance, The Longest Memory tells the story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave, who in 1810 attempts to flee a Virginia plantation - and of his father who inadvertently betrays him. The young slave's love for a white girl who slakes his forbidden thirst for learning and his painful relationship with his father are hauntingly evoked in this novel of astonishing lyrical simplicity. It is a measure of D'Aguiar's achievement and bravery that The Longest Memory is informed not only by the complicities between black slave and white master but also by the tensions among slaves themselves - between stoic survivalists and passionate rebels. Remarkable for its keenness of observation, subtlety, and restraint, The Longest Memoryheralds the arrival of a major new voice in the contemporary literature of the African diaspora. Born in 1960 in London to Guyanese parents, Fred D'Aguiar lived in Guyana until he was twelve, returning to the UK in 1972. He read African and Caribbean Studies at the University of Kent, graduating in 1985. D'Aguiar soon established a firm reputation as an important British poet, novelist and playwright. The Longest Memory was his first novel, published in 1994.
THE LONGEST MEMORY is categorised under:
  • English
  • Vce English & Eal Text List 2023 (Vcaa)
  • Novels
  • Victorian Certificate Of Education (Vce)
  • Early Commencement Program Vce

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ISBN 9780099462217
Author Fred D'Aguiar
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Publisher VINTAGE (RAND)
Product Type Book
Format Paperback
Last Updated 08/07/2025
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THE LONGEST MEMORY
THE LONGEST MEMORY
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