A Brief Stay With the Living - Softcover

Marie Darrieussecq

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9780571214952: A Brief Stay With the Living

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ISBN 10: 0571214959 ISBN 13: 9780571214952

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2004

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An exploration of loss and guilt, A Brief Stay with the Living is the story of a mother and her three grown-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.

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About the Author:

Marie Darrieussecq was born in 1969 in Bayonne, France. She is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. Her debut novel, Pig Tales (1996), was published in 34 countries and became the most popular first novel in France since the 1950s. Her second novel, My Phantom Husband (1998), became an immediate bestseller. Her third novel, Breathing Underwater, prompted Francis Gilbert in The Times to declare that 'there are very few writers who may have changed my perception of the world, but Darrieussecq is one of them'. Her fourth novel, A Brief Stay with the Living, is published in June 2003.

Review:

"'Darrieussecq works by taking risks... The result is worth attention; it is tremendous writing.' The Times; 'A stunningly talented writer.' Alex Clark, Guardian; 'France's best young novelist.' The New Yorker"

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