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Lili Is Crying
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Lili Is Crying, HĆ©lĆØne Bessetteās debut novel, explores the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessetteās stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted loveāof desire run coldāand the promise of renewal. Lauded by critics on its initial publication in 1953 for its boundary-pushing style, Lili Is Crying transformed Bessette into a cult author in France. Moving and maddening in turns, the characters are so trapped in their own cruelty and sorrows, but in its spareness it feels true: āShow me a woman who has actually chosen something.ā Championed by Raymond Queneau, then an editor at Gallimard, Bessetteās novels were hailed for their experimentation, unusual economy of expression, rarity, strange humor, and their sheer vivacity.Ā
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DIMENSION : 203 mm x 132 mm
WEIGHT : 214 g
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Lili Is Crying, HĆ©lĆØne Bessetteās debut novel, explores the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessetteās stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted loveāof desire run coldāand the promise of renewal. Lauded by critics on its initial publication in 1953 for its boundary-pushing style, Lili Is Crying transformed Bessette into a cult author in France. Moving and maddening in turns, the characters are so trapped in their own cruelty and sorrows, but in its spareness it feels true: āShow me a woman who has actually chosen something.ā Championed by Raymond Queneau, then an editor at Gallimard, Bessetteās novels were hailed for their experimentation, unusual economy of expression, rarity, strange humor, and their sheer vivacity.Ā
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| ISBN : 9780811239660 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Bessette, HĆ©lĆØne, INTRODUCTION BY McBride, Eimear, TRANSLATED BY Briggs, Kate | |
| PUBLISHER : New Directions Publishing Corporation | PUBLICATION DATE : July 22, 2025 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States | IMPRINT : New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 214 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
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DESCRIPTION :
Lili Is Crying, HĆ©lĆØne Bessetteās debut novel, explores the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessetteās stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted loveāof desire run coldāand the promise of renewal. Lauded by critics on its initial publication in 1953 for its boundary-pushing style, Lili Is Crying transformed Bessette into a cult author in France. Moving and maddening in turns, the characters are so trapped in their own cruelty and sorrows, but in its spareness it feels true: āShow me a woman who has actually chosen something.ā Championed by Raymond Queneau, then an editor at Gallimard, Bessetteās novels were hailed for their experimentation, unusual economy of expression, rarity, strange humor, and their sheer vivacity.Ā
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 203 mm x 132 mm
WEIGHT : 214 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Fiction & Related items
Society & Social Sciences
Lili Is Crying, HĆ©lĆØne Bessetteās debut novel, explores the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessetteās stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted loveāof desire run coldāand the promise of renewal. Lauded by critics on its initial publication in 1953 for its boundary-pushing style, Lili Is Crying transformed Bessette into a cult author in France. Moving and maddening in turns, the characters are so trapped in their own cruelty and sorrows, but in its spareness it feels true: āShow me a woman who has actually chosen something.ā Championed by Raymond Queneau, then an editor at Gallimard, Bessetteās novels were hailed for their experimentation, unusual economy of expression, rarity, strange humor, and their sheer vivacity.Ā
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9780811239660 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Bessette, HĆ©lĆØne, INTRODUCTION BY McBride, Eimear, TRANSLATED BY Briggs, Kate | |
| PUBLISHER : New Directions Publishing Corporation | PUBLICATION DATE : July 22, 2025 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States | IMPRINT : New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 214 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Fiction & Related items
Society & Social Sciences
