Abstract (may include machine translation)
At the heart of Michael Ignatieff's riveting novel about a woman's descent into Alzheimer's are the tangled threads of a Midwestern family, frayed by time and tragedy yet still connected - as much by pride, embarrassed love, and sibling rivalry as by the painful ties of family loyalty. More than a tale of isolated tragedy, Scar Tissue explores the bonds of memory, their configuartion in self-identity, and their relationship to love, loyalty, and death.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
| Number of pages | 212 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0374527695 |
| State | Published - 1993 |
Keywords
- Bereavement
- Parents
- mourning
- Mothers and sons
- Families
- Domestic fiction
- Alzheimer Disease
- Familles
- Maladie d'Alzheimer
- Roman familial
- Mères et fils
- Family
- Deuil
- Alzheimer's disease