Absence
Translated from French by Natasha Lehrer.
- £11.99
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- Paperback published on 21/05/2022
- Page count: 150 pages
- ISBN: 9781739778316
Quick take
A woman addresses letters to an absent loved one while in the apartment opposite hers, a mysterious female figure keeps on appearing under a landscape painter’s brush.
Synopsis
A woman addresses letters to an absent loved one while in the apartment opposite hers, a mysterious female figure keeps on appearing under a landscape painter’s brush. Directing her reader and characters with a deftness reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Lucie Paye dramatizes the power of unconditional love and the role of the unconscious in artistic creation. From Paris to Naples, Mauritius and London Absence traces a poignant search for redemption and truth, among the lies that destroy lives.; ‘In this remarkable debut, the story of a painter fixated with a ghostly female figure becomes entwined with the story of a woman seeking to connect with a long-lost son.
A delicate tale of artistic obsession and creation, and a moving meditation on longing and loss.’ — Ángel Gurría-Quintana, Financial Times
About the author
Lucie Paye's debut novel Les coeurs inquiets was published to critical acclaim during the first lockdown in France in March 2020, in Éditions Gallimard's prestigious Collection Blanche. Further to art history studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, she published several works on garden history before a career in arts management. She lived in California for several years and now lives in London, with her two children.
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