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The story of Anna P is a sparse disturbing novel reflecting the past, present and future of a woman, Anna P, who lives on an island off the coast of Italy but can no longer remember how she got there. She comes from South Africa but has almost no memories of the place or people there. The only person she has any relationship with is a sex worker whom she pays by the hour. She has abusive encounters with unknown men – and it is not clear whether she occasionally kills these men or not. It is only when she begins to connect emotionally with a young boy in her accidental care that she finds some value in herself, some place which she will not allow to be abused, and her life gradually change. This meticulously crafted debut asks a number of difficult questions about the nature of memory: Who are we if we lose our memories? What does it mean to have no identity? And if we have no identity, no sense of ourselves, how can we make any ethical choices? The answers may not comfort the reader, but The story of Anna P, as told by herself grounds such existential ponderings in a rich imaginative landscape that will linger with the reader long after the last page is read.

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Weight 0500 kg
Dimensions 234 × 153 × 30 mm
Author

Penny Busetto

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Penny Busetto was born in Durban but grew up and went to school in Cape Town. When she was seventeen, circumstances led her to leave South Africa and head for Italy, where she studied, worked and lived for many years, moving from Perugia to Bologna to Milan and finally to Tuscany. She returned to live permanently in South Africa in 1996. Penny lives in Cape Town with her son, and is studying towards an interdisciplinary doctorate in English and Psychology affiliated with UCT's English Department. She is currently writing a new book set in Cape Town.

ISBN

9781431410163

Year of Publication

2014

Month of Publication

March

Language

English

Imprint

Jacana Media

Format

Print edition

Prize Winners

The European Union Literary Award for Debut Fiction

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SKU: 9781431410163 Categories: All Books, Fiction Tag: Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
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