by Russell Banks · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782330005207
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«Lointain souvenir de la peau» is the novel by Russell Banks published by Actes Sud, with 443 pages, in French.
A twenty-one-year-old young man, the Kid, lives under a viaduct in Calusa (Florida) with an electronic ankle bracelet after being marginalized by his addiction to virtual sex. A university professor takes an interest in him, but his identity and motives are dubious. Banks explores exclusion, surveillance, and the obsession of a society saturated with images.
Originally published in 2011 as Lost Memory of Skin; the translation by Pierre Furlan was published in 2012. Work nominated for the PEN/Faulkner and the Andrew Carnegie Medal.
Recommended for readers of contemporary literary fiction and for those who already know Russell Banks, author of 'De beaux lendemains'.
Russell Earl Banks was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". He drew from his own childhood in the working class, but also from the larger world, such as his years in Jamaica. His novels often reflect "moral themes and personal relationships".
