Description
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A New Yorker Best Book of 2019A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
Tumarkin presents a remarkable tour de force . . . These essays will linger in readers' minds for years after.--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Drawing on nine years of research, Axiomatic explores the ways we understand the traumas we inherit and the systems that sustain them. In five sections--each one built on an axiom about how the past affects the present--Tumarkin weaves together true and intimate stories of a community dealing with the extended aftermath of a suicide, a grandmother's quest to kidnap her grandson to keep him safe, one community lawyer's struggle inside and against the criminal justice system, a larger-than-life Holocaust survivor, and the history of the author's longest friendship.
With verve, wit, and critical dexterity, Tumarkin asks questions about loss, grief, and how our particular histories inform the people we become in the world. Axiomatic introduces an unforgettable voice.
Author: Maria Tumarkin
Publisher: Transit Books
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781945492297
ISBN10: 1945492295
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Jewish
About the Author
Maria Tumarkin is a writer and cultural historian. A recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize, she is the author of three previous books of ideas, Traumascapes, Courage, and Otherland, all of which received critical acclaim in Australia, where she lives. Her most recent work, Axiomatic, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.