The missing word
De Gregorio, Concita, 1963-2022
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Irina's life with her husband and her twin daughters is orderly. An Italian living in Switzerland, she works as a lawyer. One day, something breaks. The marriage ends without apparent trauma, but on a weekend seemingly like any other, the girls' father takes Alessia and Livia away with him. They disappear. A few days later the man takes his own life. Of the girls, there is no trace. Concita De Gregorio takes the unadorned, terrible facts of this true story and embodies the protagonist's voice. In a narrative that is fast and urgent, she unravels these traumatic events to tell the story of a mother bereft of her children - a state for which there is no word.
Main title:
The missing word / Concita De Gregorio ; translated by Clarissa Botsford.
Author:
De Gregorio, Concita, 1963-, authorBotsford, Clarissa, translator
Imprint:
London : Europa Editions, 2022.
Collation:
112 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781787703698 (pbk)
Dewey class:
853.92GAF
LC class:
PQ4904.E1474
Local class:
AFPBK
Language:
EnglishItalian
BRN:
3087435
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