'A revelation' KATY HESSEL
'Brilliant' OBSERVER
Over one night, alone in the Punta della Dogana Museum in Venice, Leïla Slimani grapples with the self as it is revealed in solitude. In a place of old and new, she confronts her past and her present, through her life as a Moroccan woman, as a writer, and as a daughter. Surrounded by art, she explores what it means to behold and clasp beauty; enveloped by night, she confronts the meaning of life and death.
Translated from the French by Sam Taylor"An utterly compelling exploration of memory, art-making and solitude: what it takes, what it costs, to be a daughter, a woman, who writes. I couldn't put it down." - Tanya Shadrick
"An engaging meditation on literature, death, deracination and tourism" - Daily Telegraph
"Heartwarming and sad...accessible and endearing...frank and honest...humorous and affirming" - Buzz Listings
"Vivid and capable of transporting the reader" - The Observer
