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No One

Gwenaëlle Aubry · 2009 CE · Novel · French · Contemporary

A philosopher writes an alphabetical portrait of her manic-depressive father, drawing on a manuscript of his that she found. It combines memoir and essay on illness and the self, and won the Prix Femina.

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Attributes

Genre
Psychological
Theme
MadnessMemory & TimeIdentity & SelfLoss of Innocence
Form
ConfessionNonlinear / Fractured
Symbol / motif
The Book / Manuscript
Conflict
vs Self
Mode / tone
RealistElegiac
Culture / tradition
French

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