| International Standard Book Number |
9780802163790 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780802163783 (hardcover)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
813/.6 23/eng/20240924
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| Personal Name |
Francis-Sharma, Lauren, author.
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| Title Statement |
Casualties of truth : a novel / Lauren Francis-Sharma.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Edition Statement |
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
c2025.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xiv, 257 pages ; 21 cm
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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| Summary, Etc. |
"From the author of Book of the Little Axe, nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a riveting literary novel with the sharp edges of a thriller about the abuses of history and the costs of revenge, set between Washington, DC, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Prudence Wright seems to have it all: a loving husband, Davis; a spacious home in Washington, DC; and the past glories of a successful career at McKinsey, which now enables her to dedicate her days to her autistic son Roland. When she and Davis head out for dinner with one of Davis's new colleagues on a stormy summer evening filled with startling and unwelcome interruptions, Prudence has little reason to think that certain details of her history might arise sometime between cocktails and the appetizer course. Yet when Davis's colleague turns out to be Matshediso, a man from Prudence's past, she is transported back to the formative months she spent as a law student in South Africa in 1996. As an intern at a Johannesburg law firm, Prudence attended sessions of the Truth and Reconciliation hearings, which uncovered the many horrors and human rights abuses of the Apartheid state, and which fundamentally shaped her sense of righteousness and justice. Prudence experienced personal horrors in South Africa as well, long hidden and now at risk of coming to light. When Matshediso finally reveals the real reason behind his sudden reappearance, he will force Prudence to examine her most deeply held beliefs and to excavate inner reserves of resilience and strength. Lauren Francis-Sharma's previous two novels have established her as a deft chronicler of history and its intersections with flawed humans struggling to find peace in unjust circumstances. With keen insight and gripping tension, Casualties of Truth explosively mines questions of whether we are ever truly able to remove the stains of our past and how we may attempt to reconcile with unquestionable wrongs"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Revenge Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Apartheid Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Reconciliation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Human rights movements Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Washington (D.C.) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Johannesburg (South Africa) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels. lcgft
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Social problem fiction. lcgft
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Fiction) Fiction.
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| Additional Physical Form Entry |
Online version: Francis-Sharma, Lauren. First edition New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025 Casualties of truth. (DLC) 2024043551 9780802163790
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