Raphaël Meltz traces the final days of five beloved writers
In "Cinq silences," the French writer reconstructs the last moments of Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Albertine Sarrazin, Georges Perec and Roberto Bolaño, weaving their deaths into his own private losses.
Le Monde reports on "Cinq silences," a new book by Raphaël Meltz that follows the last days of five writers who died before their time: Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Albertine Sarrazin, Georges Perec and Roberto Bolaño.
According to Le Monde's summary, Meltz writes with precision and sensitivity, tracing each writer's final period and connecting these deaths to people he has lost in his own life. The five figures, the paper notes, are ones the author holds dear.
No publisher, length or release date is given in the available material.
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