Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia by Marie Darrieussecq, Penny HuestonRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1 mbOverview: The world is divided into those who can sleep and those who can’t. What is it like to live with chronic insomnia? For Marie Darrieussecq, not sleeping began after the birth of her first child and continues more than twenty years […]
The Baby by Marie DarrieussecqRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2.4 MBOverview: The Baby is a mother’s project and a writer’s project—how to reconcile these two demanding roles? What is a baby? And why are there so few of them in literature? Through notes taken in the months after her first child was born, Darrieussecq, in her characteristically […]
Our Life in the Forest by Marie Darrieussecq, Penny Hueston (Translator)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.0MBOverview: In the near future, a woman is writing in the depths of a forest. She’s cold. Her body is falling apart, as is the world around her. She’s lost the use of one eye; she’s down to one kidney, one lung. […]
Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker by Marie DarrieussecqRequirements: .ePUB/.MOBI Reader, | 2.1Mb | Version: RetailOverview: Born in Germany in 1876, Paula Modersohn-Becker was the first female artist to paint herself not only naked but pregnant. Being Here is a moving account of the life of this ground-breaking Expressionist painter, by the acclaimed French […]
2 books by Marie DarrieussecqRequirements: Epub reader, 1.17 MbOverview: Marie Darrieussecq was born on January 3, 1969. She was raised in a small village in the Basque Country.While finishing her PhD in French literature, she wrote her first novel, Truismes (Pig Tales) which was published in September 1996 by Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens (POL), who have published […]