{"product_id":"the-book-of-promethea-9780803263437","title":"The Book of Promethea","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn writing \u003ci\u003eLe Livre de Promethea\u003c\/i\u003e Hélène Cixous set for herself the task of bridging the immeasurable distance between love and language. She describes a love between two women in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. The result is a stunning example of Pecriture feminine that won kudos when published in France in 1983. Its translation into English by Betsy Wing will extend the influence of a writer already famous for her novels and contributions to feminist theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her introduction Betsy Wing notes the contemporary emphasis on \"fictions of presence.\" Cixous, in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Promethea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, works to \"repair the separation between fiction and presence, trying to chronicle a very-present love without destroying it in the writing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helene Cixous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 5.09w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803263437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHélène Cixous is also author of the play \u003ci\u003eThe Terrible but Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing of Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Juliet Flower MacCannell, Judith Pike, and Lollie Groth (Nebraska 1994). Betsy Wing is a freelance translator and fiction writer. She translated \u003ci\u003eCatherine Clément\u003c\/i\u003e and Hélène Cixous's \u003ci\u003eLa Jeune Née\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Newly Born Woman\u003c\/i\u003e) into English in 1986. A collection of her fiction, \u003ci\u003eLook Out for Hydrophobia\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1990.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Helene Cixous \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48910121500829,"sku":"9780803263437","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_89ed51a0-cff1-4bc4-b845-1f602b06eee7.jpg?v=1789456111","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-book-of-promethea-9780803263437","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}