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Iris and the Dead
This haunting exploration of love and desire, disability and madness, trauma and recovery, is a diaristic marvel for fans of Annie Ernaux.
Weaving personal memory with magic realism and folklore, Iris and the Dead asks: What if you could look back and tell someone exactly how they changed the course of your life?
For our narrator, that someone is Iris, the counsellor with whom she developed an unusual, almost violent bond. There are things she needs to tell Iris: some that she hid during the brief time they knew each other, and some that she has learned since. She was missing her mind the autumn they spent together and has since regained it.
Iris and the Dead unfurls the hidden power dynamics of abuse, offering a beguiling inquiry into intergenerational trauma, moral ambiguity, and queer identity.
Iris and the Dead is uncomfortable in the way it feels so true and perfect in the way its speaker finds her own voice Electric Literature
In this lyrical and original autofiction debut Miranda Schreiber explores the coming out process of a young woman contending with depression intergenerational trauma and an exploitative relationship with the person she looked to for help Schreiber bravely reckons with themes of power trust love loss and transformationMs Magazine
A novel that once finished reading youll still hear breathing from the bookshelfGirls on the Page
Uncanny and captivating Iris and the Dead weaves beauty into the darkness Schreibers words will haunt those familiar with the feeling long after theyve finished her slim novel Literary Review of Canada
Iris and the Dead renders love sickness tragedy and the sublime lyrically and incisively equal parts beautiful and hauntingMaisonneuve
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Details
Dimensions:
150 Pages
8in * 5.25in * 0.35in
0.46lb
.46lb
Published:
June 10, 2025
Country of Publication:
CA
Publisher:
ISBN:
9781771669290
Language:
eng
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