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AUTHOR

‘My mother was an amateur actress, very small, highly eccentric, who didn’t really see the difference between the stage and the living room. Until I was sixteen I thought it was quite normal that mothers, in order to keep the family running smoothly, would fake a heart attack every now and then. She lost her speech after a stroke and it is about that which I wrote this book. About the source of my talent falling apart.’

TRANSLATOR

‘My task as translator was to try to capture in English the flavor and Burgundian richness of the Flemish narrative—the author’s motto is ‘less is not more’—which is full of compassion, earthiness and expansive, ebullient energy.’

PUBLISHER

‘Tom Lanoye is a true magician with words. He throws them in the air, juggles them around, wraps them in colorful cloth and bewitches us with their beauty. His writing is enchanting, exuberant, bewildering—it leaves you breathless.’