Chauviré's 'Passage des émigrants' reissued by Le Dilettante

Le Dilettante has reissued Jacques Chauviré's 'Passage des émigrants,' originally published by Gallimard under Albert Camus. The novel centers on Dr. Desportes, a physician haunted by patient deaths, set in a seaside retirement home where Montagard and his wife await their end. Desportes battles death, recording his patients' last words to preserve moments beyond anguish. The book also includes 'Elisa,' a recent autobiographical story about childhood emotions. Critic Virginie Leblanc praises Chauviré's contemporary, unflinching yet compassionate writing on aging and mortality.