Book of My Mother (French: Le Livre de ma mère) is a 1954 memoir by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. It focuses on the life of Cohen's mother. It was published in English in 1997.
 1978 French edition (publ. Editions folio) | |
| Author | Albert Cohen |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Livre de ma mère |
| Cover artist | Mary Cassatt |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 1954 |
Published in English | 1997 |
| Pages | 206 |
Reception edit
The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly in 1998: "In this intensely public forum, Cohen seems to be coming to grips with his mother's death through all the typical stages of mourning--numbness, denial, anger, guilt--with pen in hand. Although this process is not without its bouts of melodrama ('O Maman, my youth that is no more!'), other outbursts powerfully reflect a disgust with mortality and a baffled sense of abandonment. ... This is a heartbreaking little volume, worth reading twice."[1]
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References edit
- ^ Staff writer (1998-02-11). "Nonfiction Review: The Book of My Mother by Albert Cohen". Retrieved 2012-02-14.
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