Picture Credit: Les Fugitives
Chicanes
Translated from the French by Lauren Elkin, Natasha Lehrer, Sophie Lewis, Jennifer Higgins, Ruth Diver, Naima Rashid, Clem Clement and Jessie Spivey.
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. Like weeds, like bad seeds, these wayward words invade her psyche, reshaping the essay that she once had in mind into a picaresque adventure. Sinuous and timely, Chicanes reveals Clara Schulmann as an author whose own voice is going to hold weight in years to come.
Picture Credit: Les Fugitives
Chicanes
Translated from the French by Lauren Elkin, Natasha Lehrer, Sophie Lewis, Jennifer Higgins, Ruth Diver, Naima Rashid, Clem Clement and Jessie Spivey.
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. Like weeds, like bad seeds, these wayward words invade her psyche, reshaping the essay that she once had in mind into a picaresque adventure. Sinuous and timely, Chicanes reveals Clara Schulmann as an author whose own voice is going to hold weight in years to come.
Praise For The Book
Read full review here“The beauty of Chicanes is in its layering, the way voices converge and diverge, creating something greater than the sum of their parts.”
Edmée Lepercq, Los Angeles Review of Books
Read full review here“The book is immersive and curious in the best possible way.”
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