The tree of forgetfulness a novel

Summary: In The Tree of Forgetfulness, writer Pam Durban, winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award, continues her exploration of southern history and memory. This mesmerizing and disquieting novel recovers the largely untold story of a brutal Jim Crow-era triple lynching in Aiken County, South Carolina. Through the interweaving of several characters' voices, Durban produces a complex narrative in which each section reveals a different facet of the event. The Tree of Forgetfulness resurrects a troubled past and explores the individual and collective loyalties that led a community to choose silence over ju

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ISBN: 0807149748 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780807149744 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780807149737 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 080714973X (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (p. cm.)
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Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2012

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