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35/100Critics
67/100Scholars
Author:
Obed Silva
Publisher:
MCD
Date:
December 7, 2021
A former gang member turned college professor, paralyzed from the waist down after being shot, mourns his alcoholic father's death and considers the impact of his larger-than-life persona on him and his family.
What The Reviewers Say
A sense of tenuousness—or, more specifically, of the fluid interplay between death and life—is a key factor in The Death of My Father the Pope.
... compelling.
... calls to mind a drunken man alone in a bar who wants to 'remember when' with you about each of his scars. His tales are moving. They are also exhausting.
Interlacing scenes at his father’s funeral with memories of his own past, Silva lifts the veil on his life with an alcohol-addicted father and his own struggles with addiction and trauma. Beautifully illustrating the conflicting feelings that can erupt between father and son, Silva describes the moment he sees his father’s dead body for the first time.
