The Summer of the Elder Tree

by Marie Chaix

A meditation on the themes of separation and silence, The Summer of the Elder Tree was Marie Chaix's first book to appear in fourteen years, and deals with the reasons for her withdrawal from writing, as well as the events in her life since the death of her mother (as detailed in Silences, or a Woman's Life). With uncompromising sincerity, and in the same beautiful prose for which she is renowned, Marie Chaix here takes stock of her life as a woman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564788520
• ISBN13: 9781564788528
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher