The Son

A bestseller in France after winning the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, this poignant, semi-autobiographical tale of parental loss is also a tale of boundless love
We first meet Michel 11 days after the death of his son Lion. Lion was lost, suddenly, to a virulent strain of meningitis and the tragedy left his father and entire family reeling. We join Michel on his personal journey through grief, but the twist that makes the journey truly remarkable, and tips this true story into fiction, is the fact that we see it all through Lion's eyes. In a stunningly original blurring of memoir and fiction, The Son tackles the very hardest of subjects in the most readable of ways. Michel Rostain resolutely ducks away from sentimentality and pathos, and tells his story instead with wit, wisdom, and vitality. For this is not a book about death; it's a book about life.

Rostain, Michel

Parenting & Relationships

Headline Book Publishing

A bestseller in France after winning the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, this poignant, semi-autobiographical tale of parental loss is also a tale of boundless loveWe first meet Michel 11 days after the death of his son Lion. Lion was lost, suddenly, to a virulent strain of meningitis and the tragedy left his father and entire family reeling. We join Michel on his personal journey through grief, but the twist that makes the journey truly remarkable, and tips this true story into fiction, is the fact that we see it all through Lion's eyes. In a stunningly original blurring of memoir and fiction, The Son tackles the very hardest of subjects in the most readable of ways. Michel Rostain resolutely ducks away from sentimentality and pathos, and tells his story instead with wit, wisdom, and vitality. For this is not a book about death; it's a book about life.

Selected for the Waterstones Eleven list for 2013.We first meet Michel eleven days after the death of his son Lion. Lion was lost, suddenly, to a virulent strain of meningitis and it's left his father and entire family reeling. We join Michel on his personal journey through grief, but the twist that makes the journey truly remarkable, and tips this true story into fiction, is the fact that we see it all through Lion's eyes.In a stunningly original blurring of memoir and fiction, THE SON tackles the very hardest of subjects in the most readable of ways. Michel Rostain resolutely ducks away from sentimentality and pathos, and tells his story instead with wit, wisdom and vitality. For this is not a book about death; it's a book about life.

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Tinder Press

Le Fils est mort. Méningite foudroyante. Et rien ne prédispose à la mort d'un enfant. Tout est perdu, d'un seul coup. Tout s'éteint. On traque le moindre signe, une odeur, une image ; on décortique le moindre souvenir. Cette expérience tragique, Michel Rostain en a fait un livre. Et prête sa plume, sa voix, son " je " à celui qui n'en a plus. Celui qui voit tout, sait tout. Qui sait la douleur et les pleurs – le vide, l'immense chagrin de ceux qui restent. Et raconte sa vie, sa courte vie de jeune homme. Avec tendresse, amour, pudeur, humour, le Père se coule dans les habits du fils, relit, réécrit leur vie commune, de l'autre côté du voile. Et lui redonne un souffle. Du deuil à la lumière...

Le fils

Genre Fiction

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The Son

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The Son

Le fils