“Memoir, auto-fiction, documentary, dream—Céline Huyghebaert’s Le drap blanc, ably translated in English as Remnants by Aleshia Jensen, is all these and more—an original, probing, and deeply moving attempt to come to terms with the death of a parent and a family fractured by poverty, alcohol, and loss. Through overlapping and sometimes contradictory accounts, an image of the father emerges for writer and reader alike—one that can never be fixed and absolute but must always remain mutable, blurred, and incomplete.” —Susan Olding, Judge’s Citation for the 2022 VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award

“Remnants triumphs as a novel-length’s pause on sadness, an archival record of silences, missed opportunities, grief — it is an inventive, intelligent, loving assemblage that unleashes the possibilities and potential of an archived life.” —Winnipeg Free Press

“The prose in this singular, layered work—exploring life, death, loss, love, family, memory, connection, and meaning—flows flawlessly .” —Herizons

“Céline Huyghebaert’s latest work, translated by Aleshia Jensen, explores the gap left by the death of her father. Remnants is filled with fragmented aspects of her father that she did not collect before his early passing . . . This work is an examination of memory’s function in our lives.” —Broken Pencil 

“Huyghebaert is a multidisciplinary artist who fuses visual art and literature, and Remnants is a beautiful example of her art.” —Montreal Review of Books