"In 1968-69 I wanted to die, that is to say, stop living, being
killed, but it was blocked on all sides," wrote Helene Cixous,
esteemed French feminist, playwright, philosopher, literary critic,
and novelist. Instead of suicide, she began to dream of writing a
tomb for herself. This tomb became a work that is a testament to
Cixous's life and spirit and a secret book, the first book she ever
authored. Originally written in 1970, Tombe is a Homerian recasting
of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis in the thickets of Central Park,
a book Cixous provocatively calls the "all-powerful-other of all my
books, it sparks them off, makes them run, it is their Messiah."
Masterfully translated by Laurent Milesi, Tombe preserves the sonic
complexities and intricate wordplay at the core of Cixous's
writing, and reveals the struggles, ideas, and intents at the
center of her work. With a new prologue by the author, this is a
necessary document in the development of Cixous's aesthetic as a
writer and theorist, and will be eagerly welcomed by readers as a
crucial building block in the foundation of her later work.
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