Wise and tender, this astonishing memoir bravely interrogates a personal story of mental health through a family history of murder, dispossession, silence, and the long echo of the Holocaust across generations
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Luiz Schwarcz was born in São Paulo, in 1956. He began his career as an editor at Brasiliense and later founded Companhia das Letras, in 1986. In 2017, he received the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of the children's books Minha vida de goleiro (1999) and Em busca do Thesouro da Juventude (2003), and the short story collections Discurso sobre o capim (2005) and Linguagem de sinais (2010).
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Paperback. Etat : New. 'A beautiful work that is in turn haunting, touching and redemptive' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE'A profoundly emotional book, and a brave one' THE NEW YORKER'Generous in spirit, devoid of self-pity, and an authentic literary achievement' ANDREW SOLOMONWhen Luiz Schwarcz was a child, he knew very little about his grandfather Láios, a Hungarian Jew. Only later would he learn that Láios had ordered his son, Luiz's father, to leap from a train taking them to a Nazi death camp, while Láios himself was carried on to his death. What Luiz did know was that his father's melancholia haunted the house he grew up in.Compassionate and tender, The Absent Moon interrogates a personal story of inherited trauma through a family history of murder, silence and the long echo of the Holocaust across generations.'Brave, honest, devastating, and hopeful . Schwarcz is a masterful storyteller' ARIANA NEUMANN'A lyrical and intimate portrait of the author's lifelong, harrowing battle with depression' ABRAHAM VERGHESE. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9781526653895
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. 'A beautiful work that is in turn haunting, touching and redemptive' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIOREA profoundly emotional book, and a brave one THE NEW YORKER'Generous in spirit, devoid of self-pity, and an authentic literary achievement' ANDREW SOLOMON ------When Luiz Schwarcz was a child, he was told little about his grandfather Laios, a Hungarian Jew. Only later would he learn that Laios had ordered his son, Luizs father, to leap from a train taking them to a Nazi death camp, while Laios himself was carried on to his death.What Luiz did know was that his fathers melancholia haunted the house he grew up in. As many children of trauma do, Luiz assumed responsibility for his parents happiness, and for a time blossomed into the family prodigy. But then, at a high point of outward success, he was brought low by a devastating mental breakdown.This astonishing memoir interrogates a personal story of mental health through a family history of murder, dispossession, silence and the long echo of the Holocaust across generations animated by the love and compassion of a master storyteller.-----'Brave, honest, devastating, and hopeful . Schwarcz is a masterful storyteller ARIANA NEUMANN'A lyrical and intimate portrait of the authors lifelong, harrowing battle with depression' ABRAHAM VERGHESE Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781526653895
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