After the death of her beloved husband, Katrin, a literary biographer, picks her way through a trove of his letters and postcards, slowly piecing together the entirety of his life. Surprised by an unlikely chapter in his past that was never revealed during their marriage, Katrin sets off on a heartb
The Life-Writer
β Scribed by Constantine, David
- Publisher
- Biblioasis
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1771961023
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β¦ Synopsis
After the death of her beloved husband, Katrin, a literary biographer, copes with the loss by writing his personal history. While researching the letters and journals he left behind, however, she comes to the devastating conclusion that his life before their marriage was far richer than the one they shared. To understand and recreate the period of his greatest happiness hitch-hiking through France as a young man, madly in love with his companion, a French girl named Monique. Katrin embarks on a heartbreaking journey to discover the man she never fully knew.
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