02605cam a2200313 4500 247606436 TxAuBib 20151207120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781431410187 1431410187 9f8a9df7-67d1-4c52-8505-c6ed595af144 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2500121 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Busetto, Penny. The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself [Bridges eBook]. Jacana Media, 2014. Format: OverDrive Adobe PDF eBook, Filesize: 5023kB. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 353kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 353kB. HTML:<p>This sparse, disturbing novel reflects the past, present, and future of a woman, Anna P, who lives on an island off the coast of Italy but can no longer remember how she got there. She comes from South Africa but has almost no memories of the place or people there. The only person she has any relationship with is a sex worker whom she pays by the hour. She has abusive encounters with unknown men, and it is not clear whether she occasionally kills these men or not. It is only when she begins to connect emotionally with a young boy in her accidental care that she finds some value in herself, some place which she will not allow to be abused, and her life gradually changes. This meticulously crafted debut asks a number of difficult questions about the nature of memory: Who are we if we lose our memories? What does it mean to have no identity? And if we have no identity, no sense of ourselves, how can we make any ethical choices? The answers may not comfort the reader, but <i>The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself</i> grounds such existential ponderings in a rich imaginative landscape that will linger with the reader long after the last page is read.</p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-12-07 20:00:02. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=9f8a9df7-67d1-4c52-8505-c6ed595af144 http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9f8a9df7-67d1-4c52-8505-c6ed595af144&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9f8a9df7-67d1-4c52-8505-c6ed595af144&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9f8a9df7-67d1-4c52-8505-c6ed595af144&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)