Cover of The Memory of Love

The Memory of Love

by Aminatta Forna

2010 · literary fiction · adult

Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

An African city, where a dying man Elias Cole, reflects on a past obsession: Saffia, the woman he loved, and Julius, her charismatic, unpredictable husband. Arriving in the wake of war Adrian Lockheart is a psychologist new to this foreign land, struggling with its secrets and the intensity of the heat, dust and dirt, until he finds friendship in Kai Mansaray, a young colleague at the hospital. All three lives will collide in a story about friendship, love, war, about understanding the indelible effects of the past and the nature of obsessive love. ([source][1]) [1]: https://aminattaforna.com/the-memory-of-love.html

Set in

  • Freetown · Sierra Leone
    Post-civil-war hospital
    ★ primary

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