Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Day I Wasn T There
Helene Cixous
€ 28.55
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Day I Wasn T There
Paperback. A memoir-novel that narrates an incident - the premature death of a first-born child, a Down syndrome baby left in the care of the clinic in Algeria. This story uses the event to probe the family history and relationship with the mother, a refugee from Nazi Germany; the dead father, after whom the baby is named; and the medical-student brother. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverley Bie. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 191.
In this memoir-novel, a narrator who resembles Helene Cixous obsessively recounts an incident - the premature death of her first-born child, a Down syndrome baby left in the care of the clinic in Algeria where her midwife mother works. She uses this event to probe her family history and her relationship with her mother, a refugee from Nazi Germany; her dead father, after whom the baby is named; and her medical-student brother, who takes on some of the duties of a father figure. Cixous's elusive writing bears all the trademarks of her poetic, provocative style, vivid with word play, intense ... Read more
In this memoir-novel, a narrator who resembles Helene Cixous obsessively recounts an incident - the premature death of her first-born child, a Down syndrome baby left in the care of the clinic in Algeria where her midwife mother works. She uses this event to probe her family history and her relationship with her mother, a refugee from Nazi Germany; her dead father, after whom the baby is named; and her medical-student brother, who takes on some of the duties of a father figure. Cixous's elusive writing bears all the trademarks of her poetic, provocative style, vivid with word play, intense ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Series
Avant-garde and Modernism Studies
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810123649
SKU
V9780810123649
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Helene Cixous
Helene Cixous is a French writer, feminist philosopher, playwright, critic, and activist who continues to influence writers, scholars, and feminists around the world. Her recent works include Reveries of the Wild Woman (Northwestern, forthcoming), The Third Body (Northwestern, 1999), Veils (with Jacques Derrida) (Stanford, 2001), Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint (Columbia, 2003), and The Writing Notebooks ... Read more
Reviews for Day I Wasn T There