{"product_id":"hemlock-old-women-in-bloom-9780745648675","title":"Hemlock  Old Women in Bloom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading French feminist writers, if not the leading French feminist writer.     * All of her books tend to be written as philosophical novels, combining elements of autobiography and fiction with reflection of a more philosophical and psychoanalytic kind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Focuses on the relationship between Cixous and her mother, gradually building a picture of the painful ambivalence that children experience as they witness their parents' decline. The text forms a patchwork quilt of anecdotes that weave together domesticity and philosophy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"Love and death battle subtly and ceaselessly in this tenderly dramatic, funny, domestic book. Told by a daughter doing all she can not to anticipate the death of her much-loved mother, fiction joins forces with flowers and animals, philosophy and the act of writing itself to affirm life in the teeth of loss.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSarah Wood, University of Kent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Beverly Bie Brahic's beautifully-crafted translation succeeds in capturing the distinctive music and haunting tonality of the original along with its rich web of meaning - this is a wonderful addition to the growing body of works by Cixous available in English\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMairéad Hanrahan, University College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMama's Not in Mama - There's Someone Else\u003cbr\u003eIn Which Country?\u003cbr\u003eHenbane\u003cbr\u003ePut Me a Ghost at the Embarcadero\u003cbr\u003eThe Vitrine \u003cbr\u003eTwo Slices of Life\u003cbr\u003eHemlock\u003cbr\u003eCousin Deafness\u003cbr\u003eThe Jerk\u003cbr\u003eGet, Gotcha\u003cbr\u003eTo Have To Lose \u003cbr\u003eThe Blue Notebook\u003cbr\u003eEri Goes On Ahead\u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Postface\u003cbr\u003eNotes","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404393259351,"sku":"9780745648675","price":42.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745648675.jpg?v=1730486324","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hemlock-old-women-in-bloom-9780745648675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}