Isbn: 9780645920994 - lisette (12 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 126 pages. 5.06x0.30x7.81 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In the early 1990s Catherine Rey struck up a friendship with fellow lonely soul, Lisette Nigot. Wreathed in mythology from her colourful past and possessed of a humorous, humane view of the world, she became Reys closest confidant and mentor through uncertainty. But struggling with discomfort in her old age, Lisette grew intent on ending her life. This book is the fulfilment of Reys promise to Lisette: to honour their bond of rare honesty and empathy, and reckon with losing it. Refusing truisms we often rely on in grief, Rey weighs what keeps us attached to others and to ourselves, as well as the controversy of euthanasia. We are plunged into eternal questions: how does death influence life? What degree of autonomy is acceptable in society? What matters to us, as we grow older? Part tribute to an incandescent woman, part contemplation of what comes to light or stays opaque with the passing of time, Lisette is a riveting record of the details that prove poignant and precious to us. What a wonderful work this is. Not a word wasted, and so much space for pain and ambiguity and speculation to do its work. In Reys hands, an exquisitely intimate choice becomes universal, a deep meditation on life and its endings. Hugh Riminton, journalist, author of Minefields: A life in the news game A moving literary memoir about friendship, ageing and assisted dying, this book follows an elderly French woman in Perth as she calmly prepares for her chosen death, and the writer who struggles to understand her decision. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In this intimate and deeply reflective literary memoir, a writer revisits her friendship with Lisette - an elderly French émigré living alone by the ocean in Western Australia - who calmly and deliberately chose the time and manner of her own death.Over cups of tea, manuscript discussions and long conversations about literature, memory, desire and ageing, Lisette gradually reveals the logic behind her decision. Once a glamorous cosmopolitan woman who moved through postwar New York among artists, diplomats and celebrities, she now faces the indignities of physical decline with fierce lucidity and unwavering independence. Refusing institutionalisation and determined to preserve her autonomy, she prepares meticulously for what she calls 'the big thing.'Blending memoir, philosophical reflection and reconstructed narrative, the book becomes far more than an account of assisted dying. It is a meditation on friendship, female ageing, invisibility, memory, erotic life, exile and the painful distance between youth and old age. Moving between Perth, Lisbon, France and memories of Manhattan, the narrator examines the emotional and ethical complexity of Lisette's choice while confronting her own evolving understanding of mortality.Written in luminous, restrained prose, this work stands apart for its compassion, intellectual honesty and emotional precision. Rather than arguing polemically, it offers an unforgettable portrait of one woman's determination to shape the end of her life on her own terms - and of the friend left behind to understand it.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In the early 1990s Catherine Rey struck up a friendship with fellow lonely soul, Lisette Nigot. Wreathed in mythology from her colourful past and possessed of a humorous, humane view of the world, she became Rey's closest confidant and mentor through uncertainty. But struggling with discomfort in her old age, Lisette grew intent on ending her life. This book is the fulfilment of Rey's promise to Lisette: to honour their bond of rare honesty and empathy, and reckon with losing it. Refusing truisms we often rely on in grief, Rey weighs what keeps us attached to others and to ourselves, as well as the controversy of euthanasia. We are plunged into eternal questions: how does death influence life? What degree of autonomy is acceptable in society? What matters to us, as we grow older? Part tribute to an incandescent woman, part contemplation of what comes to light or stays opaque with the passing of time, Lisette is a riveting record of the details that prove poignant and precious to us. 'What a wonderful work this is. Not a word wasted, and so much space for pain and ambiguity and speculation to do its work. In Rey's hands, an exquisitely intimate choice becomes universal, a deep meditation on life and its endings.' Hugh Riminton, journalist, author of Minefields: A life in the news game A moving literary memoir about friendship, ageing and assisted dying, this book follows an elderly French woman in Perth as she calmly prepares for her chosen death, and the writer who struggles to understand her decision. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Lisette | Catherine Rey | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2024 | Gazebo Books | EAN 9780645920994 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.