The Story of Forgetting

Stefan Merrill Block

earliest edition we have, 2008 Random House, 2008 hardcover 320 pages

In Stefan Merrill Block's extraordinary debut, three narratives intertwine to create a story that is by turns funny, smart, introspective, and revelatory. Abel Haggard is an elderly hunchback who haunts the remnants of his family's farm in the encroaching shadow of the Dallas suburbs, adrift in recollections of those he loved and lost long ago. As a young man, he believed himself to be "the one person too many"; now...

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Story of Forgetting edition · 2009 · Faber & Faber, Limited · 320 pages · 9780571237487
The story of forgetting edition · 2008 · faber and faber · 313 pages · 9780571239542
Story of Forgetting edition · 2008 · Penguin Random House · 9781299075214
The Story of Forgetting ebook · 2008 · Random House Publishing Group · 9781588366856
The Story of Forgetting hardcover · 2008 · Random House · 320 pages · 9781400066797

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