- French literature, French fiction, survivor, ecriture
I found this book compelling, as it was not only a narrative about the author’s dilemmas and strategies, but also about her treatment and survival. Her writing style is indisputably linked to what is called “ecriture” – that is post-modern French writing influenced by feminism – but it has a directness and grasp of everyday life, so often lacking in ‘survivor’ literature.
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Character
Grave, earnest, prestige and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Marie Cardinal
- First published
- July 1991
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- le Livre de poche, Grasset, France loisirs
- Editions
- 30
- Language
- French, German, heb, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9780785930938
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