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Lost Memory of Skin

by Russell Banks
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Redemption, morality, and societal outcasts.

Recommendation: "Lost Memory of Skin" is an intense exploration of societal outcasts and their struggles for redemption. Banks' thought-provoking narrative highlights how the Kid is perceived by society and the Professor's role in the Kid's attempt for reintegration. It is a story that explores the complex issues of morality, justice, and redemption, making it a must-read for those interested in social commentary.

  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2012)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (Shortlist) (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Lost Memory of Skin

by Russell Banks
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ISBN: 9781846685774
Authors: Russell Banks
Publisher: Clerkenwell Press
Date of Publication: 2013-01-24
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.6
(rated by 6692 readers)

Description

Uncompromising and complex, Lost Memory of Skin is the story of The Kid, a young sex offender recently released from prison and forced to live beneath a South Florida causeway. When The Professor, a man of enormous intellect and appetite, takes The Kid under his wing, his own startling past will cause upheavals in both of their worlds. At once lyrical, witty, and disturbing, Banks’s extraordinary novel showcases his abilities as a world-class storyteller as well as his incisive understanding of the dangerous contradictions and hypocrisies of modern American society.
 

Redemption, morality, and societal outcasts.

Recommendation: "Lost Memory of Skin" is an intense exploration of societal outcasts and their struggles for redemption. Banks' thought-provoking narrative highlights how the Kid is perceived by society and the Professor's role in the Kid's attempt for reintegration. It is a story that explores the complex issues of morality, justice, and redemption, making it a must-read for those interested in social commentary.

  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2012)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (Shortlist) (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.