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   The Book of Memory

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   Petina Gappah 

   

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   'The Book of Memory' by Petina Gappah is a novel that follows the life of Memory, an albino black woman imprisoned in Zimbabwe for the murder of her white adoptive father, Lloyd. The story is narrated by Memory herself as she writes down her life story for her lawyer and an American journalist, revealing her troubled childhood, her time with Lloyd, and her experiences in prison. The narrative shifts between Memory's past and present, exploring themes of family, race, memory, and the complexities of life in Zimbabwe.
   

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   non linear narrative

   complex characters

   life in zimbabwe

   memory and identity
   The story that you have asked me to tell you does not begin with the pitiful ugliness of Lloyd’s death. It begins on a long-ago day in August when the sun seared my blistered face and I was nine years...

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