The Absent Moon [electronic resource] : A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression
Luiz Schwarcz2023
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'A beautiful work that is in turn haunting, touching and redemptive' SIMON SEBAG
MONTEFIORE
'A profoundly emotional book, and a brave one' THE NEW YORKER
'Generous in spirit, devoid of self-pity, and an authentic literary achievement'
ANDREW SOLOMON
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When Luiz Schwarcz was a child, he was told little about his grandfather Láios,
a Hungarian Jew. Only later would he learn that Láios had ordered his son,
Luiz's father, to leap from a train taking them to a Nazi death camp, while
Láios himself was carried on to his death.
What Luiz did know was that his father's melancholia haunted the house he grew
up in. As many children of trauma do, Luiz assumed responsibility for his
parents' happiness, and for a time blossomed into the family prodigy. But then,
at a high point of outward success, he was brought low by a devastating mental
breakdown.
This astonishing memoir interrogates a personal story of mental health through a
family history of murder, dispossession, ...
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Author:
Luiz Schwarcz, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (240 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781526653802
Language:
English
BRN:
451458
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