As she tries to collect them for an essay she is planning to write, other women''s words begin interfering in Clara Schulmann''s life - heard on the radio, in podcasts, songs, and films; words of novelists, feminist intellectuals, friends or strangers overheard in the street.

They invade her psyche, reshaping the essay that she once had in mind into a picaresque adventure which investigates the fault lines around women''s voices: and in particular those moments of overflow and excess where wayward words take seed. Chicanes heralds a new French feminism through a meticulously orchestrated chorus of the wildest female voices, from figures in the history of feminist writing to the stranger on the street, blurring the boundaries between body and art; personal and political.

A poly-translation, by eight female translators, from established to emerging, Chicanes brings the individual voice of each translator into subtle relief.


Format Häftad Omfång 210 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Les Fugitives Utgivningsdatum 2023-03-08 ISBN 9781739778323