by Petina Gappah · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788491390350
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In 'The Book of Memory', Petina Gappah introduces us to Memory, an albino woman imprisoned in Zimbabwe for murder. Through her story, we learn about her life, marked by love, obsession, and the traps of memory. Memory writes to save her life, trying to clarify the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adoptive father, and unravel the mysteries surrounding her past. This novel, a finalist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and Prix Femina 2016, weaves a fascinating story between the poor neighborhoods and the wealthy residential areas, exploring the inevitability of fate and the labyrinths of memory.
Petina Gappah is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English, though she also draws on Shona, her first language. In 2016, she was named African Literary Person of the Year by Brittle Paper. In 2017 she had a DAAD Artist-in-Residence fellowship in Berlin.
