From William Styrons The Confessions of Nat Turner to Toni Morrisons 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 DAguiar. In language extraordinary for its tautness and resonance, The Longes From William Styrons The Confessions of Nat Turner to Toni Morrisons 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 DAguiar. 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 slaves 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 DAguiars 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 Memory heralds the arrival of a major new voice in the contemporary literature of the African diaspora.

From William Styrons The Confessions of Nat Turner to Toni Morrisons 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 DAguiar. In language extraordinary for its tautness and resonance, The Longes From William Styrons The Confessions of Nat Turner to Toni Morrisons 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 DAguiar. In language extraordinary for...  Read More