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* Contemporary resonance: Concerned with inherited trauma; the relationship between historical atrocity and contemporary understandings of culture, identity, and selfhood; historical and personal memory; justice and reconciliation. Joins contemporary discussions regarding the extent to which war crimes should be prosecuted, the nature and reliability of memory, the meaning and human face of evil, the inevitability of loss and the persistence of hope. The book takes place to a large extent in Belarus, currently the subject of international attention as a result of its pro-democracy protest…mehr

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* Contemporary resonance: Concerned with inherited trauma; the relationship between historical atrocity and contemporary understandings of culture, identity, and selfhood; historical and personal memory; justice and reconciliation. Joins contemporary discussions regarding the extent to which war crimes should be prosecuted, the nature and reliability of memory, the meaning and human face of evil, the inevitability of loss and the persistence of hope. The book takes place to a large extent in Belarus, currently the subject of international attention as a result of its pro-democracy protest movement. * Editorial comps include All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky, Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, Bel Canto by Anne Patchett * Genre: multiple timelines, switching between present investigation and trial and Drozd's escape from Belarus. Appeal to readers of legal, historical, Jewish, and literary fiction. * McCormack: has been a Finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Amazon First Novel Award, named to Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year. Backspring sold 648 copies in the US.
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Judith McCormack was born in Evanston, and grew up in Toronto, with several years in Montreal and Vancouver. She is Jewish through her mother, and her maternal grandparents came from Belarus and Lithuania, with her father contributing his Scots-Irish heritage. Her writing has been shortlisted for the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Fiction Prize, the Journey Prize and the Amazon First Novel Award, and her short stories have appeared in the Harvard Review, Descant, The Fiddlehead, Coming Attractions and Best Canadian Stories. She also has several law degrees, which first introduced her to story-telling, and is a recipient of the Law Society Medal and The Guthrie Award for access to justice.