by Rick Moody · POINTS · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782757800737
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«A la recherche du voile noir» is the novel by Rick Moody, published by Points in paperback (480 pages, in French).
The author draws on his years of alcoholism, addiction and depression to trace the figure of Joseph Moody, an ancestor and pastor whose decision to cover his face inspired Hawthorne's «The Minister's Black Veil»; from this intersection of personal confession and family history emerges a reflection on secrets and American identity.
Original title: «The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions» (2002); this French edition features a translation by Emmanuelle Ertel. Winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir in 2003.
For readers of memoirs and contemporary American literature interested in autobiography, family history and the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Hiram Frederick Moody III is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm, a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought him widespread acclaim, became a bestseller, and was made into the film The Ice Storm. Many of his works have been praised by fellow writers and critics alike.
