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A History of Silence: A Family Memoir

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Description for A History of Silence: A Family Memoir Paperback. A moving memoir about family from Man Booker shortlisted author Lloyd Jones. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JMG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.

A History of Silence is a touching memoir about a country and a landscape. It's about the devastation in Christchurch after the 2011 earthquake and the faultlines that this event opened up in Lloyd Jones' understanding of his own family. It's about how easily we erase from our history, the stories that we find inconvenient.

In his typically lyrical and engaging prose, Jones embarks on a journey of discovery. On this journey he finds out more about his country and the landscape that surrounds him, but he also uncovers the truth about his family. This truth is completely ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848549050
SKU
V9781848549050
Shipping Time
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99-1

About Lloyd Jones
Lloyd Jones is the author of several novels and short story collections which include Mister Pip, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize best book award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007. It has been made into a film starring Hugh Laurie. He lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Reviews for A History of Silence: A Family Memoir
One of the bravest and best-written memoirs I have read
Telegraph Books of the Year
His book is a knockout, a fresh immaculately paced study of the process by which old information becomes new, and one of the bravest and best-written memoirs I have read
Daily Telegraph
Throughout this brilliant memoir, the ultimate impact of the ... Read more

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