Lacrimosa

Présentation de l'éditeur The first work available in English translation by the major French writer, Regis Jauffret, is a dialogue between the narrator and a young woman who has been suicided - also once his lover. Through laughter, tears, derision and madness, they tell of the bond beyond loneliness and of love that defeats absence. Jauffret is renowned for his use of jubilant language that explores the depths of the soul with tenderness. Lacrimosa, with its devastating beauty and merciless sincerity, introduces his oeuvre to English readers with a powerful, provocative punch. Revue de presse "Without pathos or self-indulgence, Regis Jauffret has written his most accomplished novel, of a devastated and devastating beauty, which is an ode to a vanished lover. Each sentence lashes the page like a whiplash." Le Magazine Litteraire. "Deeply tragic and caustic." Telerama. "Lacrimosa works like a literary boxing match, virtuoso and deeply moving, where the emotion is never far from the absurd." L'Express. "A fierce epistolary dialogue for a great novel." Le Nouvel Observateur. "A story without mercy where sincerity explodes from every page, sometimes to the point of provocation." --Le Figaro 'Lacrimosa is marked by Jauffret's own direct involvement in both the real-life events and the narrative, an internal exploration deepened by his own experience.' --Russell Williams, TLS Biographie de l'auteur Born in 1955 in Marseille, Regis Jauffret was influenced by Joyce, Dickens and Kafka. His novels are written in a jubilant language and explore the very depth of the human soul with accuracy, tenderness and humor. Author of seventeen novels, he has won many prizes in France including the Prix Femina and his recent novel "Severe" will be made into a film later this year.