Anyone who seeks to live in the present, displacing the painful events of the past from memory, is at great risk. Today, thirty-year-old Lena is a loving mother and wife. But why is this lucky woman so afraid of horses? What happened to her father and brother? And where was she heading that long ago night, which she tries to forget forever?
Anyone who seeks to live in the present, displacing the painful events of the past from memory, is at great risk. Today, thirty-year-old Lena is a loving mother and wife. But why is this lucky woman so afraid of horses? What happened to her father and brother? And where was she heading that long ago night, which she tries to forget forever? The tragic and poignant novel by Dominique Menard is a story of struggle with memories. However, the only way to live at peace with yourself is to come to terms with your past, no matter how monstrous it may be. And the road to this simple truth lies through the gloomy and dangerous areas of the unconscious, through which Lena, and with her the reader, will have to go.
Fluid/FreeFly, 272 pp.