Silences, or a Woman's Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564787958)

When a woman falls into a coma, her daughter accompanies her through six weeks of agony, bearing witness to the prolonged death imposed upon her by the monstrous machine of modern medicine. During this final voyage through the fog, the narrator attempts to reconstruct the portrait of a woman who she deeply loved.

Author: Marie Chaix
ISBN-10: 1564787958
ISBN-13: 9781564787958
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2012
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
New Yorker (The) 01/21/2013 pg. 73
Library Journal 02/01/2013 pg. 59