One last time and on her birthday, Rose de Souza is returning to school to give a final lesson to her classroom of secondary school boys before retiring from her long teaching career. What ensues is an unexpected confession in which she recounts the tragic and traumatic story of Amir, a student from
The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza
โ Scribed by Cyril Wong
- Book ID
- 111022483
- Publisher
- Epigram Books
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 732 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9789810762339
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โฆ Synopsis
One last time and on her birthday, Rose de Souza is returning to school to give a final lesson to her classroom of secondary school boys before retiring from her long teaching career. What ensues is an unexpected confession in which she recounts the tragic and traumatic story of Amir, a student from her past who overturned the way she saw herself as a teacher, and changed her life forever.The stunning first novel from award-winning poet Cyril Wong, The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza is a tour de force, an exceptional examination of the power of choice and the unreliability of memory.
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