Schaduwkind (2003)

by P.F. Thomése

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Shadow Childis the heartbreaking story of a father's love for his child. After his little girl dies in infancy, P. F. Thomese finds himself in deathly silent rooms, desperately seeking the words to express his desolation. His only hope is to write truly, without sentimentality, to learn to speak again. 'If she still exists anywhere, then it's in language.' As he looks back, describing and reliving snapshots of memory, Thomese struggles to find meaning in a life that has been devastated. It is a breathtaking tribute to a deceased daughter, an expression of love, an elegy, and ultimately a declaration of hope.… (more)

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Schaduwkind is an elegy in prose written upon the death of the author's child, his baby within the first years of its life. The short book consists of vignettes reflecting upon death and sorrow. A small memorial to the deceased child. (

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edwinbcn | Feb 10, 2024 |

Intellectuele poging om af te tasten wat de dood van een kind betekent. Bewust afstandelijk en daardoor soms zeer aangrijpend en raak, als poëzie waarin in het onzegbare wordt gezegd. (

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stef7sa | Jan 5, 2017 |

In prachtig proza beschrijft Thomese zijn hulpeloze en vruchteloze pogingen door te leven na de dood van zijn dochtertje. Een mokerslag. (

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marvas | Oct 26, 2010 |

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2003-09 (Dutch ed.)

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Je suis toujours celle que tu respires.
Paul Valéry, La jeune Parque

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Voor Makira, voor altijd

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Shadow Childis the heartbreaking story of a father's love for his child. After his little girl dies in infancy, P. F. Thomese finds himself in deathly silent rooms, desperately seeking the words to express his desolation. His only hope is to write truly, without sentimentality, to learn to speak again. 'If she still exists anywhere, then it's in language.' As he looks back, describing and reliving snapshots of memory, Thomese struggles to find meaning in a life that has been devastated. It is a breathtaking tribute to a deceased daughter, an expression of love, an elegy, and ultimately a declaration of hope.

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