Helene Cixous
The Third Body
- ISBN 13:
- 9780810126541
- author:
- Helene Cixous
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 161
- Dimensions:
- 21.3 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, , Literary, Fiction - General, French (Language) Contemporary Fiction, Experimental fiction, Love stories, Fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Third Body by Helene Cixous is a unique blend of narrative, autobiography, and philosophical insight. The poet, novelist, and feminist critic weaves together a complex web of relationships, desires, and identities to create a new kind of body - one that exists beyond the confines of the physical self.
This book explores the relationship between two individuals, marked by moments of presence and absence, passion and separation. Cixous draws on a range of sources, including literature, mythology, and personal experience, to create a rich and sensual world that blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy.