Confessions of a Madman Hebrew Literature Series In a tradition that stretches

In a tradition that stretches back through Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner to Hawthorne

from the Xavier Villaurrutia prize to Guggenheim fellowships and other international awards

This early work by the landmark Swiss author Robert Pinget is unlike any other he produced over his long career

“The most profound novel I have read for years

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Confessions of a Madman Hebrew Literature Series In a tradition that stretchesConfessions of a Madman personalizes the struggle of a civil war by following the fragmentation and irreversible separation of a single family. Written in alternating flashbacks and descriptions of a mans present, Sebbar delivers a modern fable for adults: a tale of familial disorientation, identity, violence, and morality. A young man observes his mother losing her mind while waiting for her murdered husband to return home. Despite his estrangement