Manhattan: Letters from Prehistory
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Manhattan: Letters from Prehistory. Manhattan: Letters from Prehistory Helene Cixous. to consult the manuscripts of beloved authors Manhattan is the tale of a young. city of New York are the background of this story. The experience of Manhattan. Manhattan: Letters from Prehistory Helene Cixous Product Overview The luminous tale of a young French scholar who travels to the United States to consult the manuscripts of beloved authors Manhattan is the tale of a young French scholar who travels to the United States in 1965 on a Fulbright Fellowship to consult the manuscripts of beloved authors. In Yale University’s Beinecke Library, tantalized by the conversational and epistolary brilliance of a fellow researcher, she is lured into a picaresque and tragic adventure. Meanwhile, back in France, her children and no-nonsense mother await her return. A young European intellectual’s first contact with America and the city of New York are the background of this story. The experience of Manhattan haunts this labyrinth of a book as, over a period of thirty-five years, its narrator visits and revisits Central Park and a half-buried squirrel, the Statue of Liberty and a never again to be found hotel in the vicinity of Morningside Heights: a journey into memory in which everything is never the same. Traveling from library to library, France to the United States, Shakespeare to Kafka to Joyce, Manhattan deploys with gusto all the techniques for which Cixous’s fiction and essays are known: rapid juxtapositions of time and place, narrative and description, analysis and philosophical reflection. It investigates subjects Cixous has spent her life probing: reading, writing, and the “omnipotence-other” seductions of literature; a family’s flight from Nazi Germany and postcolonial Algeria; childhood, motherhood, and, not least, the strange experience of falling in love with, as Jacques Derrida writes, “a counterfeit genius.” Read more Details Publisher : Fordham University Press Publication date : December 15, 2007 Edition : 1st Language : English Print length : 190 pages ISBN-10 : 0823227766 ISBN-13 : 61 Item Weight : 9.6 ounces Dimensions : 5.56 x 0.6 x 8.52 inches Best Sellers Rank: #366 in Deconstructivist Philosophy #11,134 in Author Biographies #78,824 in Literary Fiction (Books) Quality Products Have peace of mind knowing that your order will arrive original factory sealed packaging. That means that you'll have the full force of the manufacturer's warranty to protect your purchase. Fast and Free Shipping You're already purchasing the item. Why pay additional for shipping, especially slow shipping? We get your order shipped out and delivered to your doorstep as quickly as possible. Commitment We are committed to making sure that you leave this transaction satisfied. That means having access to real people that get your questions and concerns answered quickly. Give us a shot and we will make sure that you will look to us again! >>Powered by WonderLister App
