Remnants / Čline Huyghebaert ; translated by Aleshia Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huyghebaert, Céline, author.

Contributor:

Jensen, Aleshia, translator.

Series:

Literature in translation series

Standardized Title:

Drap blanc. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Huyghebaert, Céline--Fiction.

Huyghebaert, Céline.

Fathers--Death--Fiction.

Fathers.

Fathers--Death.

Genre:

Fictional autobiographies.

Fiction.

Literature.

Novels.

Autobiographical fiction.

Physical Description:

257 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Book*hug Press, 2022.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"Remnants is an exploration of our relationships with family and perception, told through a profound investigation of a father's life and sudden death. With various voices and hybrid forms--including dialogues, questionnaires, photographs, and dream documentation--Huyghebaert builds a fragmented picture of a father-daughter relationship that has been shaped by silences and missed opportunities. The reader attempts to untangle fact from fiction: multiple versions of Huyghebaert's father are presented while remnants of his life disappear achingly quickly. What is left of someone who was not important enough to be archived? How do we talk about what no longer exists? Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for French-language fiction, Remnants asks essential questions we often only peer at from the corner of an eye; questions about the value of life in its duration and passing."-- Back cover.

Notes:

"Published originally under the title Le drap blanc © Čline Huyghebaert and Le Quartanier, Montreal, 2019"--Title page verso.

Other Format:

Online version: Huyghebaert, Céline. Drap blanc. English. Remnants.

ISBN:

9781771667500

1771667508

OCLC:

1285272997