Speechless - Brossura

Lanoye, Tom

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9462380457 ISBN 13: 9789462380455

Casa editrice: World Editions International, 2016

Riassunto

Tom Lanoye's mother, an amateur actress, suffered a stroke and lost her ability to speak. With her voice, once so dear to her, gone, she deteriorated, slowly and inevitably. New attacks made her entirely dependent on help.

As a grateful and moving homage he reconstructs her life in an abundance of language that used to be hers. We meet José as a flamboyant, domineering and controlling woman who, investing great effort in her family and their butcher's shop, always strove for everyone's respectability, reputation and well being, resorting from time to time to dramatic scenes and shrewd manipulation to get her way. Among José's most painful experiences were, according to Lanoye, the fatal car accident that killed her one 'difficult' son, and the disclosure that her youngest son, the author, is gay.

Good natured and often humorous, Speechless is at times a 'song of curses', as Lanoye describes the conflicts with his beloved diva of a mother and her brave struggle with decline and death. This is an informal, honest testimony of a mother by her son. But it's also the portrait of a generation, of family life in the sixties and seventies. Speechless will speak to anyone who has a family.

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Recensione:

"Tour de force: a splendid, tragicomic novel" -- Le Monde

"The best Lanoye has ever written." -- De Tijd

"A poignant and unforgettable book"-- De Standaard

"Heartwrenching and hilarious."-- De Morgen

"Lanoye brings out the best of his narrative power and his stylistic brilliance."-- Humo

"A monument of language for a dead mother that grabs you by the throat."-- HP de Tijd

"Lanoye leaves the reader speechless" --Elsevier

L'autore:

Tom Lanoye is one of the most popular and well regarded Flemish authors. He started out as a poet and a critic, but became famous with his prose, drama, politically and socially engaged columns and his unique cabaret style performances. He is the author of over 50 works of poetry, drama and fiction including the award winning Monstertrilogie (Monster Trilogy, 1997 2002) about the eventful nineties in Belgium, which Flemish television turned into a ten part series. His work has been translated into 11 languages.

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• Editore: World Editions International
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 9462380457
• ISBN 13: 9789462380455
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 345