Amanda Curtin imagines fragile acts of care among the homeless in Paris
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par Caitlin Macdonald, Researcher, School of Art, Communication and English, University of Sydney
Amanda Curtin’s Six Days opens with a girl dying in a Paris cemetery in 1991, during one of the coldest winters the city has experienced in years. More than two decades later, another vulnerable figure emerges: Daniel Despard, an Australian expatriate, recovering alcoholic and building caretaker. His carefully regulated life is disrupted by the arrival of a young homeless girl.
What follows is a novel concerned with homelessness, addiction,…
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dimanche 11 octobre 2026
