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Country United States Publication date June 2004 Originally published June 2004 Publisher W. W. Norton & Company Genres Novel, History | 3.4/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (hardcover) OCLC 55671200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pages 288 pp (first edition, hardcover) ISBN 978-0-393-05888-8 (first edition, hardcover) People also search for The Alchemist of Time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Persistence of Memory is a novel by Tony Eprile. It was published in 2004 by W. W. Norton & Company. The story portrays 1960s and 1970s South Africa through the experiences of Paul Sweetbread, a young Jewish South African with a photographic memory. The novel follows Paul from his experiences in school, through his service in the South African Defence Force during the wars in Namibia and Angola, to his participation in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The novel deals heavily with the question of white liberal guilt during the apartheid regime.
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Reception
The New York Times described the book as "a fascinating picture of white South Africa, an anatomy of the liberal conscience -- both sympathetic and scathing -- that resonates far beyond its immediate setting".
Awards
The Persistence of Memory won the 2005 Koret Jewish Book Award for fiction.