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The Embalmer

By Anne-Renée Caillé; Rhonda Mullins

Book information

Publisher
Coach House Books
Year
2018
ISBN
9781770565777, 9781552453780, 1770565779
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
380 kB (389432 bytes)
Pages
88\0
Library
SoftArchive
Time added
2023-06-15 16:56:01

Description

He tells her about cases he remembers. The two young women found in the forest, the drowned boy whose organs were eaten by eels, the casket that caught on fire at the funeral. He reveals the secrets of his profession. The powder that comes in a ketchup-sized packet and is injected into the cheeks for that blushing look, the candle wax used to reconstruct parts of a skull, the perfectly weighted stones in a repatriated soldier's casket. These are the notes of a life spent facing death, of a daughter trying to make sense of her father. Quietly poetic, The Embalmer glimpses at something most would rather look away from.

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