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OverviewSet 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marie DarrieussecqPublisher: Text Publishing Imprint: The Text Publishing Company Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.239kg ISBN: 9781921520310ISBN 10: 1921520310 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 03 August 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews'There are very few writers who may have changed my perception of the world, but Darrieussecq is one of them.' * The Times * 'The internationally celebrated author who illuminates those parts of life other writers cannot or do not want to reach.' * Independent on Sunday * 'Tom Is Dead is powerful; when one has finished reading it one feels it absolutely needed to exist.' * Nancy Huston * Author InformationMarie Darrieussecq was born in Bayonne in 1969 and and is recognized as one of the leading voices of contemporary French literature. Her first novel, PIG TALES, was translated into thirty-five languages. In 2013 she was awarded the Prix Médicis and the Prix des Prix. Text publishes her three most recent novels, TOM IS DEAD, ALL THE WAY and MEN, as well as BEING HERE: THE LIFE OF PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |