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Shadow Child is the heartbreaking story of a father's love for his child. After his little girl dies in infancy, P. F. Thomése finds himself in deathly silent rooms, desperately seeking the words to express his desolation. His only hope is to write truly, without sentimentality, to learn to speak again. 'If she still exists anywhere, then it's in language.' As he looks back, describing and reliving snapshots of memory, Thomése struggles to find meaning in a life that has been devastated. It is a breathtaking tribute to a deceased daughter, an expression of love, an elegy, and ultimately a declaration of hope.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Shadow Child is the heartbreaking story of a father's love for his child. After his little girl dies in infancy, P. F. Thomése finds himself in deathly silent rooms, desperately seeking the words to express his desolation. His only hope is to write truly, without sentimentality, to learn to speak again. 'If she still exists anywhere, then it's in language.' As he looks back, describing and reliving snapshots of memory, Thomése struggles to find meaning in a life that has been devastated. It is a breathtaking tribute to a deceased daughter, an expression of love, an elegy, and ultimately a declaration of hope.

Autorenporträt
P. F. Thomése (1958) won the AKO literature prize for his debut Zuidland (Southland) in 1991. He has written novels (including The Sixth Act), novellas and short stories.
Rezensionen
'A literary monument to mourning. Unsentimental and unvarnished' NRC Handelsblad