Silences, Or a Woman''s Life

Informationen zum Autor Marie Chaix, nee a Lyon en 1942, est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages dont "Les Lauriers du Lac de Constance" (Le Seuil, Prix des Maisons de la Presse 1974), "Juliette chemin des Cerisiers" (Le Seuil, Prix des Lectrices de "Elle" 1985) et "Le Fils de Marthe" (Calmann-Levy 1990). Klappentext When a woman falls into a coma, her daughter accompanies her through six weeks of agony, bearing witness to the prolonged death imposed upon her by the monstrous machine of modern medicine. During this final voyage through the fog, the narrator attempts to reconstruct the portrait of a woman who she deeply loved. Zusammenfassung When a woman falls into a coma, her daughter accompanies her through six weeks of agony, bearing witness to the prolonged death imposed upon her by the monstrous machine of modern medicine. During this final voyage through the fog, the narrator attempts to reconstruct the portrait of a woman who she deeply loved.

Product details

• Authors: Chaix, Marie Chaix, Marie Mathews Chaix
• Assisted by: Harry Mathews (Translation)
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781564787958
• ISBN: 978-1-56478-795-8
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: French Literature; French Literature
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature