Big Ray: A private mourning experience (without a group…)

Journal title GRUPPI
Author/s Francesco Rizzo
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2022/1
Language Italian Pages 6 P. 197-202 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/gruoa1-2022oa17972
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The paper analyzes Michael Kimball novel Big Ray and the vicissitudes of his protagonist, struggling with a difficult grieving process; specifically, the paper focuses on the potential of the group towards grieving process taking inspiration from the total absence of groupal images in the text, that characterizes the mourning experience of the protagonist.

Keywords: ; Mourning; Group; Family; Violence

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Francesco Rizzo, Big Ray: un’esperienza di lutto privata (del gruppo…) in "GRUPPI" 1/2022, pp 197-202, DOI: 10.3280/gruoa1-2022oa17972