Absence

An elusive narrator is beguiled by a poem that returns to him in mysterious ways, echoing across the years. He recounts memories and impressions as they float fleetingly to the surface of his mind: an eccentric and beloved schoolteacher leaves behind a dark secret after his death; a woman lays the table for a son she knows will never return home; a young man, the pariah of his family, finds solidarity and the distant call of freedom in the letters of an estranged Aunt; a black and white photograph tells of another family, afflicted with generations of tragedy.

Absence features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging

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Absence was written by Issa Quincy and published by Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications

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