by Philippe Besson · Editorial Teorema · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789726958581
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«Um Instante de Abandono» is the novel by Philippe Besson, published by Editorial Teorema in paperback (188 pages, in Portuguese).
In Falmouth, a port town in Cornwall, Tom Sheppard, a fisherman, returns to the village after leaving prison. Convicted for losing his son in a storm, he remains singled out by a community that does not forget. The novel explores guilt, loneliness and the weight of social judgment on a man trying to rebuild his life.
Originally published in French as «Un instant d'abandon», this Portuguese edition is from 2010.
For readers seeking intimate stories about the weight of the past, loneliness and the judgment of a closed community.
Philippe Besson is a French writer, playwright and screenwriter. Besson was born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente, and has written a total of 23 novels, several of which have been adapted for cinema or theater.
