Silences, or a Woman’s Life

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ISBN-10: 1564787958
ISBN-13: 9781564787958
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publish Date: 01/03/2012
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.40" W, 0.60" H

Silences, or a Woman’s Life

byMarie Chaix
Translator: Harry Mathews

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Price: $15.00

Overview

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.

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A beautiful novel. A novel about women, about two women, mother and daughter: a challenging, feverishly rending poem, a meditation on death. Marie Chaix, a voice that speaks to our hearts, a name that can t be ignored. –Lucien Guissard
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Details

ISBN-10: 1564787958
ISBN-13: 9781564787958
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publish Date: 01/03/2012
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.40" W, 0.60" H
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