Autopsy Of A Father Av Pascale Kramer

"[Kramer''s body of work is] precise and sumptuous . . . a song of emotion, but with a great lucidity about the humanity of simple people."—<B>Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Swiss Grand Prize for Literature citation</B><BR><BR>"You need to read Pascale Kramer''s books because they take you on a journey. You board a small ship that enters the human body, and what you felt while reading follows you for days after you''ve closed the book."—<I><B>Elle</B></I> (France)<BR><BR>"Restrained, chiseled, implacable, the novels of Pascale Kramer perfectly master the art of creating a diffuse discomfort. Poignant."—<I><B>Marie Claire</B></I> (Switzerland)<BR><BR>When a young woman returns to her childhood home after her estranged father''s death, she begins to piece together the final years of his life. What changed him from a prominent left-wing journalist to a bitter racist who defended the murder of a defenseless African immigrant? Kramer exposes a country gripped by intolerance and violence to unearth the source of a family''s fall from grace.<BR><BR>Set in Paris and its suburbs, and inspired by the real-life scandal of a French author and intellectual, <I>Autopsy of a Father</I> blends sharp observations about familial dynamics with resonant political and philosophical questions, taking a scalpel to the racism and anti-immigrant sentiment spreading just beneath the skin of modern society.<br><BR><B>Pascale Kramer</B>, recipient of the 2017 Swiss Grand Prize for Literature, is the author of fourteen books, including three novels published in English: <I>The Living</I>, <I>The Child</I>, and <I>Autopsy of a Father</I>, which was named a finalist for the La Closerie des Lilas, Ouest-France, and Orange du Livre prizes. Born in Geneva, she has worked in Los Angeles, and now lives in Paris, where she directs a documentary film festival about children''s rights.