Spilling Clarence - Softcover

Ursi, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786886625 ISBN 13: 9780786886623

Publisher: Hyperion, 2003

Synopsis

When a strange and powerful drug unlocks the memories of the citizens of Clarence, everyone is overwhelmed by an awareness of their past joys, sorrows, and wrongdoings. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

A critically acclaimed and beautifully told, light but affecting story of one town whose inhabitants are overcome by memory - in all its joy, pain, love and regret. What if you could suddenly remember everything that ever happened to you? Would it be a blessing - or a curse? This is the fate of the residents of the town of Clarence, who fall under the spell of a strange and powerful drug that unlocks their memories. The past comes flooding back without the buffer of time, and the townspeople, young and old, find themselves awash in their own reminiscences - of love and death, of war and childhood, of happiness they've experienced and sins they've committed. Beautifully rendered with a light and comic touch, SPILLING CLARENCE is a beguiling exploration of our relationship with our histories, the seductive pull of regret, the unreliability of memory, and the bliss of forgetting.

About the Author:

Anne Ursu is the author of Spilling Clarence. She has worked at a major book retailer, as the theater critic forCity Pages (Minneapolis), and as an arts writer for the Portland Phoenix (Maine). She lives in Mountain View, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0786886625
• ISBN 13: 9780786886623
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288