Lili Is Crying (eBook)

Hélène Bessette (Autor)

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2025
192 Seiten
New Directions (Verlag)
978-0-8112-3967-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A forgotten mid-century genius, recently rediscovered in France and never before translated into English, Hlne Bessette is a treasure and a bracing force to reckon with.Lili Is Crying, Hlne Bessettes debut novel, conveys with singular force the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother, Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessette's stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted loveof desire run coldand the promise of renewal. Lauded by critics on its initial 1953 publication for its boundary-pushing style, Lili Is Crying catapulted Bessette to cult status in France. The novel is moving and maddening in turns, with its characters trapped in their own cruelties and sorrows, but in its spareness and strength it feels true. "e;Show me a woman who's chosen something."e; Bessette's books were hailed for their unusual economy of expression, rarity, strange humor, and sheer vivacity. She characterized her new kind of novel as "e;a freshly cut slice of life, whose force comes from its lack of commentary."e;

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.7.2025
• Einführung: Eimear McBride
• Übersetzer: Kate Briggs
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Schlagworte: Cult • Experimental • Family • French • French Literature • Funny • Gallimard • Genius • Mid-Century • Minimal • mother • Mother-daughter • newly translated • rediscovered • Spare • witty
• ISBN-10: 0-8112-3967-5 / 0811239675
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-3967-7 / 9780811239677