by Susan Minot · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070710829
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«Mouflets» is the novel by Susan Minot, published by Gallimard in paperback (168 pages, in French).
A novel structured in nine stories that portrays the life of a Catholic family in Boston: seven children, a father who drinks, and a mother facing a tragic fate. With short sentences and a confidential tone, Minot explores the intimacy of childhood, unanswered anxieties, and the progressive disintegration of the family unit.
Novel translated from English by Alain Delahaye; original title, «Monkeys». From the «Du monde entier» collection by Gallimard. Prix Femina étranger 1987.
A read for those interested in family narrative and contemporary American literature, with brief prose and an intimate tone.
Susan Minot is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter and painter.
