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About the Book: Tomb(e)
"In 1968-69 I wanted to die, that is to say, stop living, being killed, but it
was blocked on all sides," wrote Hélène 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 Cixouss life and spirit and a secret book, the first book she ever
authored. Originally written in 1970, Tombe is a Homerian recasting of
Shakespeares Venus and Adonis in the thickets of Central Park, a book Cixous
provocatively calls the "all-powerful-other of all my books, it
About the Book: Tomb(e)
"In 1968-69 I wanted to die, that is to say, stop living, being killed, but it
was blocked on all sides," wrote Hélène 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 Cixouss life and spirit and a secret book, the first book she ever
authored. Originally written in 1970, Tombe is a Homerian recasting of
Shakespeares Venus and Adonis in the thickets of Central Park, a book Cixous
provocatively calls the "all-powerful-other of all my books, it