Autopsy of a Father

Advance Praise for Autopsy of a Father

Finalist for the La Closerie des Lilas, Ouest-France, and Orange du Livre Prizes

“Restrained, chiseled, implacable, the novels of Pascale Kramer perfectly master the art of creating a diffuse discomfort. Poignant.” —Marie Claire (Switzerland)

“This novel masterfully establishes the cross-transmission of misunderstandings within families and those that take root at the heart of society. Ignored, they lead to unimaginable violence, all the way to the cemetery, where not even the dead can rest.” —Le Point

“[Kramer’s] fiction penetrates the terrain of the intimate, places itself in the blind spot of analysis and statistics, and makes silent explosions palpable.” —L’Echo

“[Kramer’s] talent is to lead us into human interiority from concrete situations, through details that are all the more effective because they’re delivered without judgment. . . . In this autopsy of a recognizable world, there is pleasure to be taken in the text, in spite of the seriousness of the subject.” —Le Devoir

“Pascale Kramer depicts a society where misunderstanding and insecurity feed fear, which leads to aggressive mistrust, rejection, and hatred, the fatal poison of which little by little contaminates everyone.” —Avant-Critiques

Advance Praise for Autopsy of a Father

Finalist for the La Closerie des Lilas, Ouest-France, and Orange du Livre Prizes

“Restrained, chiseled, implacable, the novels of Pascale Kramer perfectly master the art of creating a diffuse discomfort. Poignant.” —Marie Claire (Switzerland)

“This novel masterfully establishes the cross-transmission of misunderstandings within families and those that take root at the heart of society. Ignored, they lead to unimaginable violence, all the way to the cemetery, where not even the dead can rest.” —Le Point

“[Kramer’s] fiction penetrates the terrain of the intimate, places itself in the blind spot of analysis and statistics, and makes silent explosions palpable.” —L’Echo

“[Kramer’s] talent is to lead us into human interiority from concrete situations, through details that are all the more effective because they’re delivered without judgment. . . . In this autopsy of a recognizable world, there is pleasure to be taken in the text, in spite of the seriousness of the subject.” —Le Devoir

“Pascale Kramer depicts a society where misunderstanding and insecurity feed fear, which leads to aggressive mistrust, rejection, and hatred, the fatal poison of which little by little contaminates everyone.” —Avant-Critiques