Personne
Subtitle: a novel
By: Gwenaelle Aubry ; translated by Trista Selous
Contributors: Selous, Trista, 1957-
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Portland, Oregon; Tin House Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tin House Books
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781935639220
Work titles: Personne
Description: "No One is the portrait of a man without a true self, a one-time distinguished lawyer and member of the Paris bar whose disabling bipolar disorder turns him into a drifter and frequent visitor to mental institutions. Moving between the voices of daughter and father, this fictional memoir in dictionary form investigates the many men behind the masks, and a unified portrait evolves. Letter by letter, Gwanaëlle Aubry gives shape and meaning to the father who had long disappeared from her view. The whole is a beautifully written, vivid exploration of mental illness and what it can reveal more generally about human experience."--P. [4] of cover.