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Lili Is Crying

Lili Is Crying

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Lili Is Crying, Hélène Bessette's debut novel, conveys with singular force the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother, Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessette's stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted love-of desire run cold-and the promise of renewal. Lauded by critics on its initial 1953 publication for its boundary-pushing style, Lili Is Crying catapulted Bessette to cult status in France. The novel is moving and maddening in turns, with its characters trapped in their own cruelties and sorrows, but in its spareness and strength it feels true. "Show me a woman who's chosen something." Bessette's books were hailed for their unusual economy of expression, rarity, strange humor, and sheer vivacity. She characterized her new kind of novel as "a freshly cut slice of life, whose force comes from its lack of commentary."
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2025-07-22
Publication Date:
2025-07-22
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0811239667
ISBN13:
9780811239660
Weight:
210 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
201 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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