Marie Darrieussecq analyzes the pain of premature mourning in "Tom is dead"
Revealed in 1996 with his first novel truisms, Marie Darrieussecq has had immediate and global success. One year after the collection of news Zoo, she returns with a subtle and delicate story about the death of a child in Tom is dead (in bookstore August 30).
The author imagines a woman who, to prevent forgetting and to counter it, decides to write the story of Tom, her four-year-old child, who died prematurely. With this unsustainable novel, Marie Darrieussecq puts words on a mother's pain, on pain and tragic memory.
With The country, published in 2005, Marie Darrieussecq dissected identity through the destiny of a young couple. The adaptation rights of his first novel truisms were acquired by Jean-Luc Godard.
Marie Darrieussecq, Tom is dead
Released: August 30
P.O.L
The author imagines a woman who, to prevent forgetting and to counter it, decides to write the story of Tom, her four-year-old child, who died prematurely. With this unsustainable novel, Marie Darrieussecq puts words on a mother's pain, on pain and tragic memory.
With The country, published in 2005, Marie Darrieussecq dissected identity through the destiny of a young couple. The adaptation rights of his first novel truisms were acquired by Jean-Luc Godard.
Marie Darrieussecq, Tom is dead
Released: August 30
P.O.L
