The Iceberg: A Memoir - Couverture rigide

Coutts, Marion

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1782393501 ISBN 13 : 9781782393504

Editeur : Atlantic Books, 2014

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.
In 2008 the art critic Tom Lubbock was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The tumour was located in the area controlling speech and language, and would eventually rob him of the ability to speak. He died early in 2011. Marion Coutts was his wife.
In short bursts of beautiful, textured prose, Coutts describes the eighteen months leading up to her partner's death. This book is an account of a family unit, man, woman, young child, under assault, and how the three of them fought to keep it intact.
Written with extraordinary narrative force and power, The Iceberg is almost shocking in its rawness. It charts the deterioration of Tom's speech even as it records the developing language of his child. Fury, selfishness, grief, indignity and impotence are all examined and brought to light.
Yet out of this comes a rare story about belonging, an 'adventure of being and dying'. This book is a celebration of each other, friends, family, art, work, love and language.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marion Coutts is an artist and writer. She wrote the introduction to Tom Lubbock's memoir Until Further Notice, I am Alive, published by Granta in 2012. She is a Lecturer in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College and lives in London with her son.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Atlantic Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782393501
• ISBN 13: 9781782393504
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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