From the famous Russian author of the book "In Memory" come poignant reflections on identity, exile, language, art, and the fragile desire to disappear.
Author M. has lived in exile in B since her country declared war on a neighboring country. "M" suffers from shame and despair, and her language has been cut off. She finds herself unable to write, lost in a present in which the future seems unknown.When you are invited to give a reading at a literary festival in a neighboring country, a strange sequence of events occurs. After a series of failed attempts and mishaps during her journey, including the loss of her phone, she finds herself trapped and isolated in a strange coastal town.After she was cut off from everyone she knew, M felt a kind of freedom and the possibility of starting over, but childhood memories, books, movies, and tarot cards took her back, as the last vestige of a world that was fading away. Then she met a band of circus artists who invited her to join them, and she felt that rediscovering herself was within reach.In this short break, it seems that M may finally be able to break free of herself, her past, and her nationality. Written in a rich and captivating prose style, The Act of Disappearance oscillates between reality and dream, between an oppressive present and a lost past, between life and literature.
