Brief Stay with the Living by Marie Darrieussecq
From the 'stunningly talented' author of Pig Tales and Breathing Underwater comes a new novel about a family haunted by their past. An exploration of loss and guilt, A Brief Stay with the Living is the story of a mother and her three grow-up daughters. Jeanne, the eldest, has moved to Argentina with her husband; Anne lives alone in Paris, but is in the throes of an unhappy affair with a married man; and Nore, the youngest, is in her first year at university but still living at home. Although not close, all four women are drawn together by an incident from their past - a secret that the story only gradually reveals.
'There are very few writers who may have changed my perception of the world, but Darrieussecq is one of them' Francis Gilbert, The Times
Marie Darrieussecq was born in 1969 in Bayonne, France. Pig Tales (1996) was published in 34 countries. Her second novel, My Phantom Husband (1998), became an immediate best seller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571214945 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571214940 |
| Title | Brief Stay with the Living |
| Author | Marie Darrieussecq |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2003-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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