FAREWELL, MY ONLY ONE
FAREWELL, MY
ONLY ONE
Antoine Audouard
Translated from the Frenchby Euan Cameron
CANONGATE
First published in Great Britain in 2004 by
Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street,
Edinburgh EH1 1TE
Copyright © Antoine Audouard, 2000
English translation copyright © Euan Cameron, 2004
This digital edition first published in 2014 by Canongate Books
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This book is supported by the French Ministry
for Foreign Affairs, as part of the Burgess
programme headed for the French Embassy in
London by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni.
The publishers gratefully acknowledge subsidy from the
Scottish Arts Council towards the publication of this volume.
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ePub ISBN 978 1 78211 414 7
To my children:Marie, Alexandre, Hélène and Ulysse
In memory of Véronica Quaglioand Jean-Dominique Bauby
and to Susanna,my Only One
‘He who acquires wisdom, acquires grief; and a heart that understands cuts like rust in the bones.’
Bishop Possidius, Life of St Augustine
Contents
Part One: Nothing for the Journey
Part Two: The Assembly of the Lord
Part Three: The Beauty of Thy House
Prologue
