Dear Mr S

"When my father died, I inherited his lawyer. I want you to meet him, through this ambivalent and remarkable exchange of letters. Mr Brousseau, the Mr S in the project, helped my brother and me deal with my father's estate. Our correspondence began when he discovered my profession as a writer and ou [...]
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"When my father died, I inherited his lawyer. I want you to meet him, through this ambivalent and remarkable exchange of letters. Mr Brousseau, the Mr S in the project, helped my brother and me deal with my father's estate. Our correspondence began when he discovered my profession as a writer and our common interest in art. He said he had a story. He told me about a man who had been convicted of manslaughter. While in prison in his native Canada, he decided to become a lawyer. I realized quite soon that the man he was telling me about was himself. Sebastian and I corresponded for three years. Our exchange investigated issues such as equality, debt, death, life, art, love, surrogacy, losing a parent, surviving in prison, defining oneself on different sides of the prison bars, relationships in different parts of the world and, of course, the meaning of language. As we wrote, we developed a strong bond and a private friendship." Petra Revenue


Ms Petra Revenue has a background in theater. In her work, she combines the absurd with everyday reflections and in doing so has found her own genre. Her theme and favorite subject is ambivalence. Before becoming a writer, Revenue studied social anthropology and is interested in what ties people together across language and cultural borders.


Mr Sebastian H. Brousseau started his career in the legal field around 1994 while studying at the University of Montreal. He completed a bachelor's degree in law (LL.B., 1996) and another in sciences (B.Sc., 1999). He was admitted to practice law in the province of Quebec following a legal battle which was widely publicized. Since 2002, Mr. Brousseau has lived in Asia. Mr. Brousseau and his former partners founded Isaan Lawyers in 2006 in Thailand. A well-established law firm working with foreign and Thai clients. He is currently the managing director.