Description: The debut novel of Bernard Comment, acclaimed author and editor, now available in English for the first time, The Shadow of Memory brings a fairy-tale premise into the modern world, where information--and its loss--can be a matter of life and death.
Brief description: Bernard Comment, born in Switzerland, lives and works in Paris, where he directs the prestigious Fiction & Cie imprint at Editions du Seuil. He is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including the story collection "Tout passe", which received the Prix du Goncourt de la nouvelle in 2011.
Review Quotes: "An ambitious novel that plays on the tension between one's desire to enjoy the present and the obsession with saving the past, without quite knowing what to do with it." --Isabelle Ruf