by Russell Banks · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782330038908
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«Un membre permanent de la famille» is the collection of twelve stories by Russell Banks, published by Actes Sud in 2015 in paperback, with 238 pages, in French.
Stories of divorce, loneliness and death: women chased by pitbulls in car parks, shopping lists that become a life plan, or a transplanted heart beating for a deceased love. The narrative sobriety, close to Carver, turns the everyday into parables about the fragility of human relationships.
Original title: «A Permanent Member of the Family». Translation from American English into French by Pierre Furlan. Originally published in 2013.
For readers of contemporary short fiction who prefer stories with an intimate and psychological atmosphere.
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".
