Confessions
Cabré, Jaume, 1947-2024
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At 60 and with a diagnosis of early Alzheimer's, Adria Ardevol re-examines his life before his memory is systematically deleted. He recalls a loveless childhood where the family antique business and his father's study become the centre of his world; where a treasured Storioni violin retains the shadows of a crime committed many years earlier. His mother, a cold, distant and pragmatic woman leaves him to his solitary games, full of unwanted questions. An accident ends the life of his enigmatic father, filling Adria's world with guilt, secrets and deeply troubling mysteries that take him years to uncover, driving him deep into the past where atrocities are methodically exposed and examined. 'Confessions' reaches a crescendo that is not only unexpected but provides one of the most startling denouements in contemporary literature.
Main title:
Confessions / Jaume Cabre ; translated by Mara Faye Lethem.
Author:
Cabré, Jaume, 1947-, authorLethem, Mara, translator
Edition:
New edition / with an introduction by Colm Toíbín.
Imprint:
London : Arcadia Books, 2024.
Collation:
768 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Catalan.
ISBN:
9781529433302 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
849.936
Language:
EnglishCatalan
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BRN:
2443249
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