Description
In a quiet community where history lingers in the landscape, a series of personal and collective reckonings forces people to confront what they inherit—and what they choose to leave behind. As lives intersect across generations, the novel traces how memory, identity, and belonging are shaped by family stories, cultural displacement, and the slow pressure of change. With lyrical precision and a keen eye for human contradiction, it explores themes of home, migration, and the moral weight of the past. Blending intimate character work with a broader meditation on community and time, this is a richly textured, thought-provoking read in André Alexis’s distinctive, socially alert style.
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paperback
Coach House Books
Published Jan 1, 2014
168 pages
ISBN: 9781770563704
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First Published
2014
Language
eng
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