Theseus, his new life / Camille de Toledo ; translated from the French by Willard Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toledo, Camille de, 1976- author.

Contributor:

Wood, Willard, translator.

Standardized Title:

Thésée, sa vie nouvelle. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Grief--Fiction.

Grief.

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

297 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Other Press, [2023]

Summary:

"A mesmerizing, poetic autofiction about the quest to find meaning in family tragedies, and a sense of self after loss. In 2012, Theseus heads east in search of a new life, fleeing the painful memories of his past: the suicide of his older brother, the death of his mother, shortly followed by the death of his father. He takes three boxes of archives, leaving everything in disarray, and boards the last night train with his children. He thinks he's heading toward the light, toward a reinvention, but the past quickly catches up to him. With a stunning mix of poetry and prose, Camille de Toledo beautifully captures the conflicting urges to look back at or away from our complex histories, made all the more poignant through the scattered contents of Theseus's archives-black-and-white photos, fragments of handwritten notes"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translation of: Thésée, sa vie nouvelle.

Originally published in French as Thésée, sa vie nouvelle in 2020 by Éditions Verdier, Paris.

Other Format:

Online version: Toledo, Camille de, 1976- Theseus, his new life

ISBN:

9781635422108

1635422108

OCLC:

1311070998

Publisher Number:

99992953405