Book of Mutter

Writing as Mourning in Kate Zambreno’s Book of Mutter

Writing as Mourning in Kate Zambreno’s Book of Mutter

In Book of Mutter, Zambreno writes, “It is something ineffable about my mother that I search for.” This search, conducted over the thirteen years since Zambreno’s mother’s death, manifests in a fusion of memoir, essay, and meditation, and suggests how writing might embody the lifelong process of mourning a parent.