The Book of Memory | PEN South Africa

19 Jan 2017

in Literary Awards News, Literature

Petina Gappah is a Finalist for the PEN Open Book Award

Congratulations to PEN SA member Petina Gappah, whose novel The Book of Memory is a finalist for the PEN Open Book Award. The winner will be announced on 22 February 2017 and honored at the 2017 PEN America Literary Awards...

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24 Aug 2015

in Members Titles

The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah

The story you have asked me to tell begins not with the ignominious ugliness of Lloyd’s death but on a long-ago day in April when the sun seared my blistered face and I was nine years old and my father...

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