Hubert Lucot's 'Je vais, je vis' chronicles partner's cancer death

Hubert Lucot's latest book 'Je vais, je vis' (P.O.L) covers the recent period in which his partner A.M. was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The work documents the progression of her illness through administrative language, medical consultations, and the daily question 'How are you?' — answered by 'I'm going, I'm living.' The narrative ends with a voicemail from the night nurse announcing her death at 12:20 AM. Lucot strips his prose to essentials, removing anything superfluous or indecent in the face of death. Over the past fifty years, Lucot has practiced a relentless drilling into autobiographical strata, mixing real and imagined facts, past and present, intimate notes and televised images. A.M. has been the recurring figure throughout this half-century enterprise. The book is reviewed by Didier Arnaudet in artpress.