Tom Is Dead - Brossura

Darrieussecq, Marie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1921520310 ISBN 13: 9781921520310

Casa editrice: Text Pub Co, 2009

Riassunto

From the bestselling author of Pig Tales, a suspense novel about grief.

The narrator's son has been dead for ten years; he was four and a half. To stop herself from forgetting, she tries to write Tom's story, the story of his death. It will lead her?and the reader?to the truth.

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L'autore:

Marie Darrieussecq was born in 1969 in Bayonne, France. Her debut novel, Pig Tales, was published in 34 countries and became the most popular first novel in France since the 1950s. A Brief Stay with the Living and White have also been translated into English.

Product Description:

Set in the Blue Mountains and in Sydney, Tom is Dead is a suspense novel about grief. The narrator's son has been dead for ten years; he was four and a half. For the first time since that day, she spends a few minutes without thinking of him. To stop herself from forgetting, she tries to write Tom's story, the story of his death. She writes about the first hours, the first days, and then about the hours and the days before. She strives to describe it all as precisely as possible. It's the details that will lead her and the reader to the truth.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Text Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1921520310
• ISBN 13: 9781921520310
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 170