Everything I Don't Remember: A Novel

Everything I Don't Remember: A Novel

WINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE, SWEDENâ€™S MOST PRESTIGIOUS LITERARY HONOR

One of Swedenâ€™s most celebrated young writers and activists spins an exhilarating, innovative, and gripping murder mystery reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial.

A young man named Samuel dies in a horrible car crash. Was it an accident or was it suicide? To answer that question, an unnamed writer with an agenda of his own sets out to map Samuelâ€™s last day alive. Through conversations with friends, relatives, and neighbors, a portrait of Samuel emerges: the loving grandchild, the reluctant bureaucrat, the loyal friend, the contrived poseur. The young man who did everything for his girlfriend Laide and shared everything with his best friend Vandad. Until he lost touch with them both.

By piecing together an exhilarating narrative puzzle, we follow Samuel from the first day he encounters the towering Vandad to when they become roommates. We meet Panther, Samuelâ€™s self-involved childhood friend whose move to Berlin indirectly cues the beginning of Samuelâ€™s search for the meaning of loveâ€”which in turn leads Samuel to Laide. Soon, Samuelâ€™s relationship with Laide leads to a chasm in his friendship with Vandad, and it isnâ€™t long before the lines between loyalty and betrayal, protection, and peril get blurred irrevocably.

Everything I Donâ€™t Remember is a gripping tale about love and memory. But it is also a story about a writer who, by filling out the contours of Samuelâ€™s story, is actually trying to grasp a truth about himself. In the end, what remains of all our fleeting memories? And what is hidden behind everything we donâ€™t remember? Told with Khemiriâ€™s characteristic stylistic ingenuity, this is an emotional roller coaster ride of a book that challenges us to see ourselvesâ€”and our relationships to the closest people in our livesâ€”in new and sometimes shocking ways.
Country USA
Brand Atria Books
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2016-07-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501138027

Country	USA
Brand	Atria Books
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2016-07-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501138027

Everything I Don't Remember: A Novel

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