Tom is Dead (Tom est Mort)

Tom est Mort was nominated for the Prix Fémina & the Prix GoncourtTranslated by Lia HillsSet in the Blue Mountains & in Sydney, Tom is Dead is a suspense novel about grief. The narrator’s son has been dead for ten years; he was four & a half. For the first time since that day, she spends a few minutes without thinking of him. To stop herself from forgetting, she tries to write Tom’s story, the story of his death.She writes about the first hours, the first days, & then about the hours & the days before. She strives to describe it all as precisely as possible. It’s the details that will lead her & the reader to the truth.°°° Marie Darrieussecq was born in Bayonne in 1969 & is recognised as one of the leading voices of contemporary French literature. Her first novel, Pig Tales, was translated into 35 languages. She has written more than 20 books. Text has published Tom Is Dead, Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker, Our Life in the Forest, The Baby, & Crossed Lines. In 2013 Marie Darrieussecq was awarded the Prix Médicis & the Prix des Prix for her novel Men. She has written art criticism & journalism for a number of publications, including Libération & Charlie Hebdo, is a translator from English & has practised as a psychoanalyst. Sleepless is her third non-fiction title published by Text. Three other novels have also been translated into English: My Phantom Husband, A Brief Stay With the Living, & White.Lia Hills is a poet, novelist & translator. Recent publications include her award-winning poetry collection, the possibility of flight. Her translation of Marie Darrieussecq’s novel, Tom Is Dead, was published by Text in 2009. Born in New Zealand, Lia now lives in Melbourne. In its original French, Tom Est Mort was nominated for the Prix Femina and the Prix Goncourt. This edition is translated by Lia Hills. Tom died when he was four. To stop herself from forgetting him, his mother tries to write Tom's story, the story of his death. She strives to describe it all as precisely as possible. It's the details that will lead her and the reader to the truth. Set in the Blue Mountains and in Sydney, Tom is Dead is a suspense novel in which Darrieussecq takes us to the core of grief and drives this narrator's experience into our hearts. 'There are very few writers who may have changed my perception of the world, but Darrieussecq is one of them.' The Times Tom died when he was four. To stop herself from forgetting him, his mother tries to write Tom's story. She strives to describe it precisely, in details that will lead her and the reader to the truth. Set in the Blue Mountains and Sydney, Tom is Dead takes us to the core of grief and drives this narrator's experience into our hearts Set in the Blue Mountains and in Sydney, Tom is Dead is a suspense novel about grief. The narrator's son has been dead for ten years; he was four and a half. For the first time since that day, she spends a few minutes without thinking of him. To stop herself from forgetting, she tries to write Tom's story, the story of his death