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Description for L.C.
Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Blending historical fiction with feminist and revolutionary politics, Susan Daitch's first novel is a complex and unique look at the controversial nature of historical representations. This story within a story within a story opens in 1968, with a preface to Dr. Willa Rehnfield's translation of Lucienne Crozier's diary. Although the authenticity of Lucienne's account is uncertain, her diary attests to her involvement in the 1848 revolution in Paris, an illicit love affair, and her eventual exile from France. Midway through Rehnfield's translation, a distinctly modern voice emerges from the footnotes. These notes belong to Dr. Rehnfield's literary executor, Jane Amme ... Read more
Blending historical fiction with feminist and revolutionary politics, Susan Daitch's first novel is a complex and unique look at the controversial nature of historical representations. This story within a story within a story opens in 1968, with a preface to Dr. Willa Rehnfield's translation of Lucienne Crozier's diary. Although the authenticity of Lucienne's account is uncertain, her diary attests to her involvement in the 1848 revolution in Paris, an illicit love affair, and her eventual exile from France. Midway through Rehnfield's translation, a distinctly modern voice emerges from the footnotes. These notes belong to Dr. Rehnfield's literary executor, Jane Amme ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Series
American Literature Series
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564783158
SKU
V9781564783158
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About Susan Daitch
Susan Daitch is the author of four works of fiction. Her short fiction has been included in The Norton Anthology of Postmodern Fiction, Tin House, Guernica, Bomb, Conjunctions, McSweeney's, The Brooklyn Rail, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, Ploughshares, The Village Voice, and elswhere. Her work has been the recipient of two Vogelstein awards. Her novel L.C. won an NEA Heritage Award ... Read more
Reviews for L.C.
"...an impressive opening to what looks like a serious career." - Guardian "Well worth reading for its ingenious interweaving of narrative threads, for its uncompromising treatment of sex and politics, and for the questions it raises about truth and deception in representing self and history." - Los Angeles Times "...beautifully structured...this is an astonishingly good first novel." - Literary Review ... Read more