Forgetting

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By Frederika Amalia Finkelstein

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Forgetting by Frederika Amalia Finkelstein delves into the challenges of living in a world obsessed with remembrance yet plagued by selective amnesia. It explores the journeys of individuals navigating personal and collective memories, examining how memories shape identity and the impact of forgetting on personal growth and societal understanding. The narrative critiques the pressure to remember while questioning what happens when crucial aspects of the past are lost or ignored.
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You might enjoy this book if you are intrigued by deep and contemplative narratives that explore themes of memory and identity. It delves into the personal and philosophical complexities of forgetting, offering a thought-provoking read for those who appreciate reflective and introspective general fiction.

Forgetting

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Forgetting is a brief but searing sojourn inside the mind of Alma as she navigates the complexity of the past and future within her identity.

On her nighttime wanderings through a Paris saturated with cultural and historical meaning, she begins the slow work of grieving for her grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, and begins to unravel the ways that his experience continues to reverberate across generations. The journey, both inward and outward, simple and infinitely varied, brings Alma to reconsider her whole life and the circumstances that led to her very birth.

In Forgetting, Finkelstein sheds new light on the oldest dilemmas, asking: What to do with the brief time that is given to us?

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Forgetting by Frederika Amalia Finkelstein is lauded as a fascinating exploration of a young woman's struggle with intergenerational trauma in contemporary France. Critics praise the novel for its distinctive, powerful voice and insightful reflections on historical and personal memory. Set against the backdrop of Paris, the protagonist's journey is described as both complex and rich, as she navigates themes of genealogy and inheritance, making it a slim yet impactful read.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781646052264

Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 December 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Isabel Cout
Translated by Christopher Elson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 196

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Fiction Frederika Amalia Finkelstein General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

Frederika Amalia Finkelstein is a French writer and author of two novels: Forgetting and Survive. Upon its 2014 release in France, Forgetting was met with great critical success and has since been translated into multiple languages.

Isabel Cout is a translator in Montreal, Quebec. Her research concerns literary works by third generation authors (grandchildren of Holocaust survivors) who write about having ambivalent relationships to the traumatic memory they've inherited. This is her first published literary translation.

Christopher Elson has a background in Philosophy and French Studies and holds a doctorate in Contemporary Literature from Universite Paris IV-Sorbonne. He is a member of the Joint Faculty of the University of King's College and Dalhousie University. He is currently editor of Dalhousie French Studies and music columnist for the Dalhousie Review. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia with his wife Kate.