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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Tom est Mort
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'Set in the Blue Mountains and in Sydney, Tom is Dead is a suspense novel about grief. The narrator's son has been dead for ten years; he was four and a half. For the first time since that day, she spends a few minutes without thinking of him. To stop herself from forgetting, she tries to write Tom's story, the story of his death.

'She writes about the first hours, the first days, and then about the hours and the days before. She strives to describe it all as precisely as possible. It's the details that will lead her and the reader to the truth.' (From Text Publishing's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: French
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      P. O. L. ,
      2007 .
      image of person or book cover 1169021383245606463.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 246p.
      ISBN: 9782846822091 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Tom Is Dead
Language: English
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2009 .
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      Extent: 170p.
      ISBN: 9781921520310 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 January 2010; (p. 26)
A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the friction betwen novelists Camille Laurens and Marie Darrieussecq. Laurens accused Darrieussecq of 'psychological plagiarism' suggesting the latter's Tom Is Dead follows a similar line to Laurens's Philippe.
J'accuse, a Literary Battle Resumes Jason Steger , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 16 January 2010; (p. 28)
A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the friction betwen novelists Camille Laurens and Marie Darrieussecq. Laurens accused Darrieussecq of 'psychological plagiarism' suggesting the latter's Tom Is Dead follows a similar line to Laurens's Philippe.
Lost Children Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 4 no. 9 2009; (p. 17)

— Review of Tom est Mort Marie Darrieussecq , 2007 single work novel
An Expression of Primal Emotion Helen Elliott , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 31)

— Review of Tom est Mort Marie Darrieussecq , 2007 single work novel
Views that Perplex in Sharp Probe of a Mother's Grief Diane Stubbings , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 September 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of Tom est Mort Marie Darrieussecq , 2007 single work novel
When Words Come to Grief Helen Elliott , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 August 2009; (p. 23)

— Review of Tom est Mort Marie Darrieussecq , 2007 single work novel
Views that Perplex in Sharp Probe of a Mother's Grief Diane Stubbings , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 September 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of Tom est Mort Marie Darrieussecq , 2007 single work novel
An Expression of Primal Emotion Helen Elliott , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 31)

— Review of Tom est Mort Marie Darrieussecq , 2007 single work novel
Lost Children Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 4 no. 9 2009; (p. 17)

— Review of Tom est Mort Marie Darrieussecq , 2007 single work novel
Loss in a Far-Off World Jacqueline Dutton , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 16)
J'accuse, a Literary Battle Resumes Jason Steger , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 16 January 2010; (p. 28)
A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the friction betwen novelists Camille Laurens and Marie Darrieussecq. Laurens accused Darrieussecq of 'psychological plagiarism' suggesting the latter's Tom Is Dead follows a similar line to Laurens's Philippe.
Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 January 2010; (p. 26)
A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the friction betwen novelists Camille Laurens and Marie Darrieussecq. Laurens accused Darrieussecq of 'psychological plagiarism' suggesting the latter's Tom Is Dead follows a similar line to Laurens's Philippe.
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