Publisher's Synopsis
Told in shifting perspectives, Absolution revolves around the mysterious Clare Wald, a controversial writer and critic of great fame, now a recluse behind the fortified garden walls of her home in the Western Cape. Her only visitor is Sam Leroux, a South African expatriate who has returned after many years in New York to embark on a project that will make his career: Clare's authorized biography.
Haunted by the memories of a sister she fears she betrayed and of a daughter she fears she abandoned, Clare comes to realize that the dead do not stay buried and the missing return in other forms. As Sam gradually earns Clare's trust, his own ghosts emerging from the histories that he and Clare begin to unravel, together they navigate the elusive nature of truth, the mystery of the creative process and the catharsis of reconciliation.
Told in shifting perspectives, Absolution revolves around the mysterious Clare Wald, a controversial writer and critic of great fame, now a recluse behind the fortified garden walls of her home in the Western Cape. Her only visitor is Sam Leroux, a South African expatriate who has returned after many years in New York to embark on a project that will make his career: Clare's authorized biography.
Haunted by the memories of a sister she fears she betrayed and of a daughter she fears she abandoned, Clare comes to realize that the dead do not stay buried and the missing return in other forms. As Sam gradually earns Clare's trust, his own ghosts emerging from the histories that he and Clare begin to unravel, together they navigate the elusive nature of truth, the mystery of the creative process and the catharsis of reconciliation.
