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The baby
- Title
- The baby / Marie Darrieussecq ; translated from the French by Penny Hueston.
- Author
- Darrieussecq, Marie
- Publication
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ; London, United Kingdom : The Text Publishing Company, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hueston, Penny
- Description
- 171 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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 ingenious style, makes observations that will bring smiles and grimaces of recognition, and raise important questions. Along with the banal drudgery of childcare, there is the euphoria, the obsession, the terror and the visceral focus on the body. Arguing with S̀aint de Beauvoir', Darrieussecq examines how women as mothers are targeted from all angles. How, she asks, can a woman be more and other than a mother?
- Uniform Title
- Bébé. English
- Alternative Title
- Bébé.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Essays.
- Creative nonfiction.
- Note
- Creative nonfiction.
- Originally published in France in 2002 as Le Bébé by P.O.L. Éditeur.
- Awards (note)
- Winner, English PEN Award
- Call Number
- JFE 21-679
- ISBN
- 9781911231264
- 191123126X
- OCLC
- 1084510283
- Author
- Darrieussecq, Marie, author.
- Title
- The baby / Marie Darrieussecq ; translated from the French by Penny Hueston.
- Publisher
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ; London, United Kingdom : The Text Publishing Company, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Awards
- Winner, English PEN Award
- Local Note
- TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH. AUTHORS WRITING ON THE EXPERIENCE OF MOTHERHOOD.
- Added Author
- Hueston, Penny, translator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Darrieussecq, Marie. Baby. Melbourne, Australia : Text Publishing, 2019. 9781925774306 1925774309 (OCoLC)1091581916
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-679