Confessions of a Madman

by Leïla Sebbar

Book Overview

Confessions of a Madman personalizes the struggle of a civil war by following the fragmentation and irreversible separation of a single family. Written in alternating flashbacks and descriptions of a man's present, Sebbar delivers what French critics call a modern fable for adults: a tale of familial disorientation, identity, violence, and morality.

A young man observes his mother go crazy waiting for her murdered husband to return home. Despite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564787605
• ISBN13: 9781564787606
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.0"