Autopsy of a father
By: Pascale Kramer ; English translation by Robert Bononno
Contributors: Bononno, Robert, translator
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781942658245
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Violence against; Attitudes; Intellectuals; Adult children of dysfunctional families; Immigrants; Fiction
Work titles: Autopsie d'un père
Description: "When a young woman returns to her childhood home after her estranged father's death, she begins to piece together the final years of his life. What changed him from a prominent left-wing journalist to a bitter racist who defended the murder of a defenseless African immigrant? Kramer exposes a country gripped by intolerance and violence to unearth the source of a family's fall from grace. Set in Paris and its suburbs, and inspired by the real-life scandal of a French author and intellectual, Autopsy of a Father blends sharp observations about familial dynamics with resonant political and philosophical questions--taking a scalpel to the racism and anti-immigrant sentiment spreading just beneath the skin of modern society"--
Notes: Translation from the French of: Autopsie d'un père.