by Siri Hustvedt · Libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782742790272
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«Élégie pour un Américain» is the novel by Siri Hustvedt, published by Actes Sud in 2010 in paperback (401 pages, in French).
After the death of their father, Erik Davidsen and his sister Inga find among his papers a disturbing note from an unknown woman: perhaps their father was involved in a mysterious death. Over the year following the funeral, the siblings unravel family secrets and wounds. A layered novel that explores the mysteries of the heart and mind.
Translation from the English by Christine Le Bœuf; original title: The Sorrows of an American. Edition in the Babel collection, no. 1006.
For readers of literary fiction interested in stories of family, grief and memory.
Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include The Blindfold (1992), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl (1996), What I Loved (2003), for which she is best known, A Plea for Eros (2006), The Sorrows of an American (2008), The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010), The Summer Without Men (2011), Living, Thinking, Looking (2012), The Blazing World (2014), Memories of the Future (2019), and Ghost Stories (2026). What I Loved and The Summer Without Men were international bestsellers. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
