Other Lives But Mine

Emmanuel Carrère author Linda Coverdale translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:5th Dec '19

Should be back in stock very soon

Other Lives But Mine cover

From the bestselling author of The Adversary, an expansive meditation on death, grief and the limtless reach of the human spirit

Read this an expansive meditation on death, grief and the limtless reach of the human spirit from the bestselling author of The Adversary

‘Compelling… Carrère has the gift of speaking simply and directly of the essentials’ Evening Standard

Beset by arguments and the fear that things between them may be falling apart, writer Emmanuel Carrère and his partner, Hélène, journey to Sri Lanka to spend Christmas along the coast. But when the 2004 tsunami devastates the country, sweeping their friends’ young daughter away, the couple are bound in their search among the dead. As further tragedy strikes back home, with the news that Hélène’s sister is dying of cancer, Carrère turns his characteristic eye to the subject of these two lives, documenting the dramatic effect that their deaths have on those around them.

Precise, sober, and suspenseful, Other Lives But Mine offers an intimate portrait of the fragility of life and the restorative processes of grief, that illuminates the astonishing richness of human connection.

France's greatest writer of nonfiction * New York Times *

ISBN: 9781529111224

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 181g

256 pages