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Summer of the Elder Tree
Marie Chaix
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Description for Summer of the Elder Tree
Paperback. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 454.
A meditation on the themes of separation and silence, The Summer of the Elder Tree was Marie Chaix's first book to appear in fourteen years, and deals with the reasons for her withdrawal from writing, as well as the events in her life since the death of her mother (as detailed in Silences, or a Woman's Life). With uncompromising sincerity, and in the same beautiful prose for which she is renowned, Marie Chaix here takes stock of her life as a woman and writer, as well as the crises that caused her to give up her work. The Summer of ... Read more
A meditation on the themes of separation and silence, The Summer of the Elder Tree was Marie Chaix's first book to appear in fourteen years, and deals with the reasons for her withdrawal from writing, as well as the events in her life since the death of her mother (as detailed in Silences, or a Woman's Life). With uncompromising sincerity, and in the same beautiful prose for which she is renowned, Marie Chaix here takes stock of her life as a woman and writer, as well as the crises that caused her to give up her work. The Summer of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
133
Condition
New
Number of Pages
118
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564788528
SKU
V9781564788528
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Ref
99-15
About Marie Chaix
Marie Chaix, nee a Lyon en 1942, est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages dont "Les Lauriers du Lac de Constance" (Le Seuil, Prix des Maisons de la Presse 1974), "Juliette chemin des Cerisiers" (Le Seuil, Prix des Lectrices de "Elle" 1985) et "Le Fils de Marthe" (Calmann-Levy 1990). Marie Chaix was born in Lyons and raised in Paris, and is the ... Read more
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