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Aminatta Forna on writing memory and trauma in The Memory of Love

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Great Writers Inspire at Home
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Aminatta Forna gives a reading from her award-winning novel, The Memory of Love (2010), and discusses it with Prof. Ankhi Mukherjee. She talks about the psychology of war and healing after conflict, and about love, betrayal and complicity.

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Series
Great Writers Inspire at Home
People
Aminatta Forna
Ankhi Mukherjee
Keywords
writers in dialogue
literature
sierra leone
trauma
memory
psychology
novel
reading
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 25/08/2017
Duration: 00:59:19

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