Issa Quincy’s debut novel, Absence, is a haunting and atmospheric exploration of memory, connection, and the lingering traces of the past. Told through the lives of seemingly unconnected characters, including an aging doctor in Cyprus, a child in the English countryside, and a hotel guest returning each year in grief, this lyrical novel gradually reveals the mysterious thread binding them all: a recurring poem that passes from person to person like a ghost.
We asked the writer to answer our recurring My Reading Life Q&A so readers could get to know him and the books that shaped his life.
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