A review by emason1121
Marie by Faith Evans, Madeleine Bourdouxhe

3.0

I don't have a definitive conclusion regarding Marie-- it is told in that vague observational style so common with existentialists like Camus, where the reader is in a character's thoughts but missing so much context. The story brings up a lot to explore (such as the death of the author, the justification [or lack thereof] for suicide, and the limiting roles of women that lead them to seek out freedom in means and ways relational), but doesn't feel like it welcomes the reader in to these explorations. It felt hard to relate to any idea in the book, and I'm not sure if that was a function of style, translation, or the persistent idea that women of a certain race and class were, at that time, limited to certain thoughts and spheres.