This rich anthology of writings in French by twentieth-century
women presents a dazzling array of literary treasures. The editors,
all distinguished specialists in French studies, have expanded the
boundaries of French literary terrain beyond France, Belgium, and
Switzerland to North and sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and
French Canada. These compelling poems, short stories, essays,
memoirs, and novels (some complete and others excerpts), represent
thirty-one contemporary authors, including Colette, Mariama Ba,
Maryse Conde, Joyce Mansour, Renee Vivien, Nathalie Sarraute, and
Anne Hebert. Exploring issues and experiences of universal interest
from women's perspectives, this collection focuses first on themes
of relationships (both personal and political) and how violence
breaks them apart, and second on the ways in which identity is
influenced by race, language, nationality, and sexuality. The book,
which is entirely in French, includes biographical sketches of each
author as well as a critical introduction to each section that
invites comparisons among the writers' diverse views on such themes
as parenting, love, marriage, political and interpersonal power,
existence, the process of becoming a writer, and the formation of
an identity in a polyphonic and pluralistic world.
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