In the dark room
Subtitle: a journey in memory
By: Brian Dillon.
Publisher: Penguin Ireland
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Dillon, Brian -- Mental health; Memory; Mind and body; Bereavement -- Psychological aspects; Parents -- Death -- Psychological aspects
Description: "A performance artist opens his chest and displays his beating heart on stage. A young man walks through the hills of south-west Romania, where the locals have peculiar ideas about gold. On the morning of a medical examination, a woman tries to coax her husband off the roof. A mysterious rodent named Brigitte enters the lives of two old men. And, in the astonishing story 'In the Neighbourhood', the inhabitants of a crumbling tower block go about their business, unforgettably."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-244).

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