The Persistence of Memory

Gordon McAlpine

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Language: English

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0720610478 / 9780720610475

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About this ItemHard Cover. Very good/Very good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall.Bibliographic DetailsTitle: The Persistence of MemoryPublisher: London: Peter Owen Limited, 1998Publication Date: 1998Language: EnglishISBN 10 0720610478ISBN 13 9780720610475Binding: HardcoverEdition: 1st EditionCondition: Very GoodDust Jacket Condition: Very GoodAbout this titleSynopsisThe setting is a wood at the turn of the century. A stranger, with the face of an old man but the innocence of a child, is pulled unconscious from a stream. When he comes to, he has no recollection of how he came to be there or who he is. His rescuer, laundress Elvia Witt, names him Farley LaRue after a long-lost lover and takes him home to her abusive husband and large family. Farley begins to experience flashes of a life he interprets as his own. They are not, however, the memories of the wandering Shakespearian actor he had been - rather, he is recalling the life of Hamlet, the melancholy prince whose concerns and history prove oddly consistent with the world in which he now finds himself. As his true face emerges from behind the actor's mask, Farley seeks to reconcile what might have been with what still might be. And as Elvia's yearning for her past love transfers itself onto Farley, he becomes transfixed by her daughter Chastity.About the AuthorGordon McAlpine is a Senior Lecturer of English in the Master of Very good Arts programme at Chapman University, Orange, California.…

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Title
The Persistence of Memory
Author
Gordon McAlpine
Publisher
unknown
Publication year
1998
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0720610478
ISBN 13
9780720610475

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