ISBN: 0747266891

[SR: 1806323], Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780747266891], Headline Review, Headline Review, Book, [PU: Headline Review], Headline Review, A History of Forgetting is Caroline Adderson's intelligen… Mehr…

[SR: 1806323], Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780747266891], Headline Review, Headline Review, Book, [PU: Headline Review], Headline Review, A History of Forgetting is Caroline Adderson's intelligent and emotionally powerful first novel. Set in a hairdressing salon in Vancouver, Canada, a young assistant, Alison, sees her world shattered when a gay colleague is killed by neo-Nazi thugs. As she begins to confront the extraordinary consequences of history after a thoughtless remark to a customer who is a concentration camp survivor, she begins to understand that such hatred lives on. With the awakening of her conscience, she questions her relationships and embarks on a remarkable quest. She befriends her employer, Malcolm, a gay man who is confronting his own past. Transplanted from Paris to Vancouver with his lover, Dennis, a victim of Alzheimer's, Malcolm struggles to stem the tide of loss as he is transformed into an ugly, petulant brute. Dennis shouts anti-semitic slogans, terrorises the other residents in the nursing home where he lives, smears butterscotch pudding on his food and shits in dresser drawers.It tormented Malcolm wondering which Dennis was real, the gentle man he had seemed to be up until his illness, or who he was now.An unlikely pairing, Malcolm and Alison journey to Auschwitz on a pilgrimage to the victims of the Holocaust. Their future depends on unravelling their own connection to this tragedy. Alison, who represents a future and a sign of much needed hope to the older man, in turn begins her journey in search of emotional and intellectual meaning. This is a riveting read by a novelist who appreciates the complexities and subtleties of such friendships. --Julie Wheelwright, 67216011, Populäre Belletristik, 67221011, Action & Abenteuer, 67916011, Anthologien, 67220011, Buch zum Film, 67923011, Familiensagen, 67924011, Historisch, 67223011, Horror, 67926011, Krieg, 273042011, Medizin, 273043011, Metaphysisch, 67925011, Männerabenteuer, 67219011, Märchen, 67217011, Politisch, 55229011, Religion & Esoterik, 65642011, Schwul & Lesbisch, 1322750031, Seeabenteuer, 67218011, Sport, 67927011, Western, 66034011, Belletristik, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher, 208623031, Taschenbuch, 208621031, Format (binding_browse-bin), 366250011, Refinements, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<

ISBN: 0747266891

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[SR: 3017091], Paperback, [EAN: 9780747266891], Headline Review, Headline Review, Book, [PU: Headline Review], Headline Review, A History of Forgetting is Caroline Adderson's intelligent and emotionally powerful first novel. Set in a hairdressing salon in Vancouver, Canada, a young assistant, Alison, sees her world shattered when a gay colleague is killed by neo-Nazi thugs. As she begins to confront the extraordinary consequences of history after a thoughtless remark to a customer who is a concentration camp survivor, she begins to understand that such hatred lives on. With the awakening of her conscience, she questions her relationships and embarks on a remarkable quest. She befriends her employer, Malcolm, a gay man who is confronting his own past. Transplanted from Paris to Vancouver with his lover, Dennis, a victim of Alzheimer's, Malcolm struggles to stem the tide of loss as he is transformed into an ugly, petulant brute. Dennis shouts anti-semitic slogans, terrorises the other residents in the nursing home where he lives, smears butterscotch pudding on his food and shits in dresser drawers.It tormented Malcolm wondering which Dennis was real, the gentle man he had seemed to be up until his illness, or who he was now.An unlikely pairing, Malcolm and Alison journey to Auschwitz on a pilgrimage to the victims of the Holocaust. Their future depends on unravelling their own connection to this tragedy. Alison, who represents a future and a sign of much needed hope to the older man, in turn begins her journey in search of emotional and intellectual meaning. This is a riveting read by a novelist who appreciates the complexities and subtleties of such friendships. --Julie Wheelwright, 413370031, Contemporary Fiction, 413367031, By Period, 413352031, Fiction, 401420011, Custom Stores, 405736, Special Features, 266239, Books, 413555031, Contemporary Fiction, 413531031, Fiction Complete, 401420011, Custom Stores, 405736, Special Features, 266239, Books, 590756, Contemporary Fiction, 62, Fiction, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 400530011, English, 400529011, Language (feature_browse-bin), 365481011, Refinements, 266239, Books, 492564011, Paperback, 492562011, Format (binding_browse-bin), 365481011, Refinements, 266239, Books, 182018031, Regular Size, 182016031, Font Size (format_browse-bin), 365481011, Refinements, 266239, Books<

ISBN: 9780747266891

Empathy is a luxury few people can afford. Malcolm, an ageing hairdresser whose love for his Alzheimers-victim lover is fading fast, is too oppressed by his domestic life to notice the wo… Mehr…

Empathy is a luxury few people can afford. Malcolm, an ageing hairdresser whose love for his Alzheimers-victim lover is fading fast, is too oppressed by his domestic life to notice the world outside. Alison, his colleague, is blithely innocent; she believes that hairdressing brings happiness, and doesn't understand pain. Both are in their own way blind, until a colleague's neo-fascist murder unites them on an emotional journey - to the Auschwitz Museum, where they are forced to confront the suffering of others, and to face the possibility of life. Unexpectedly witty, devastatingly frank, this is a brave and extraordinarily enjoyable novel by an acclaimed and exceptional writer.; Contemporary Fiction, Headline Review<

2001, ISBN: 0747266891

[EAN: 9780747266891], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Headline Book Publishing], Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear.