Stalo sa

A philosopher and writer tries to cope with the long and painful leave-taking of someone close to her. Her notes on the last days and months she spends with her dying mother branch out as she writes into a vivid picture of her mother and her life, and of the period and the places in which it unfolded. Following the torn threads of memory, verbal ones and those set off by the senses, photographs and records, she weaves brief fragments into one story, driven by the need to write herself out of death as she usually writes herself out of life, and torn between openness and discretion about the intimate corners of a daughter's love for her mother.

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About the book

Form

Novella

Length

189 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Autofiction (assigned by AI)

First published

2005 by Aspekt

Author's age

62 when first published

ISBN

8085549549 (original)