| Confessions of a Madman Contributor(s): Sebbar, Leila (Author), Crovello, Rachel (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1564787605 ISBN-13: 9781564787606 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 843.914 |
| LCCN: 2015044154 |
| Series: French Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5" W x 7" (0.20 lbs) 94 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Confessions of a Madman personalizes the struggle of a civil war by following the fragmentation and irreversible separation of a single family. Written in alternating flashbacks and descriptions of a man's present, Sebbar delivers what French critics call a modern fable for adults: a tale of familial disorientation, identity, violence, and morality. A young man observes his mother go crazy waiting for her murdered husband to return home. Despite his estrangement with his father, the son vows to avenge his father's death by murdering his father's killers. In delving into his father's past, he discovers his role in an unsuccessful revolt and soon finds himself following in his father's footsteps. He finds himself questioning the value of religious standards and cultural traditions when confronted with sociopolitical conflict. This text discusses the meaningfulness of cultural traditions, their origins, and their potential contemporary repercussions when juxtaposed with a modern context of events. |