Chicanes
ISBN-13: 9781739778323
Author(s): Clara Schulmann
Subjects: DNF, DNL
Publisher: Les Fugitives Ltd
Publisher Imprint: Les Fugitives Ltd
Publication Date: 08-03-2023
Format: Paperback / softback
Availability: In stock
£12.99
About the book
As she tries to collect them for an essay she is planning to write, other women's words begin interfering in Clara Schulmann's life - heard on the radio, in podcasts, songs, and films; words of novelists, feminist intellectuals, friends or strangers overheard in the street. They invade her psyche, reshaping the essay that she once had in mind into a picaresque adventure which investigates the fault lines around women's voices: and in particular those moments of overflow and excess where wayward words take seed. Chicanes heralds a new French feminism through a meticulously orchestrated chorus of the wildest female voices, from figures in the history of feminist writing to the stranger on the street, blurring the boundaries between body and art; personal and political. A poly-translation, by eight female translators, from established to emerging, Chicanes brings the individual voice of each translator into subtle relief.