Fantastic essay! I’ve not heard of this book before, but I want to give it a go after reading your thoughts. It’s particularly interesting to hear that the narrator experiences autonomy over her body- not something we see from other books at the time. It sounds like a unique, refreshing read!
Fantastic essay! I’ve not heard of this book before, but I want to give it a go after reading your thoughts. It’s particularly interesting to hear that the narrator experiences autonomy over her body- not something we see from other books at the time. It sounds like a unique, refreshing read!
Thank you! : ) I agree, I think Sagan was really pushing a new narrative with her protagonist in the book. I hope you enjoy it!
I have long adored this book. I agree - to me it’s not sadness but a French sort of melancholia that just feels the world deeply.
Authorship issues seem to always be placed on female authors -- Mary Shelley, Harper Lee...
authors have enough to deal with in society without people suggesting they didn’t actually do the work!!
Absolutely! The list of female authors goes on...