The Third Body by Hélène Cixous

The Third Body

Hélène Cixous with Keith Cohen (Translator)

168 pages first pub 1970 (view editions)

fiction feminism philosophy poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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The Third Body by Hélène Cixous is ideal for readers who seek intellectually layered, emotionally resonant explorations of relationships and identity through experimental, genre-blending prose.

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In The Third Body, the poet, novelist, feminist critic, and theorist H l ne Cixous interweaves a loose narrative line with anecdotes, autobiography, lyricism, myth, dream, fantasy, philosophical insights, and intertextual citations of and conversa...

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