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The Memory of Love

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Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011.

 

Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 10 March 2011.

A heartbreaking story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.

 

It has to be said that some books set in strange places and unfamiliar cultures can be difficult to penetrate. They require a stretch of the imagination that is often hard to achieve. Sometimes, these books can even be confusing. You get lost.

This is not the case with 'The Memory of Love'. Very early on, the characters become deep and meaningful. The combined narratives - one in the first person, the other in the third - are easy to follow. You begin to care. And as the story develops across different time lines, you are pulled into the lives of the protagonists in such a way that you just have to read on. You have escaped, which is what literary fiction is all about. A compellingly readable literary novel.

Head to our 'Black Lit Matters' list to find more must-read novels by black writers.

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