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Trading Secrets by Paule Constant (Paperback, 2001)

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Winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1998, this book is the work of one of France's most celebrated and interesting velists writing at the height of her powers. It is fiction that leads readers through fascinating chambers of life where autobiography is constantly reimagined. A darkly comic vel about four women aging less-than-gracefully, Trading Secrets takes us to an academic conference in Kansas where, in an encounter between Aurore, a French woman, and her American counterpart, Gloria, the differences between their two cultures become sharply apparent. The result is a bitingly funny portrait of painfully complex, psychologically damaged individuals, all of whom have been, in some sense, colonized. The vel also offers an incisive picture of a French posture toward things American, from race relations to feminism to academia. As Paule Constant herself has said: C'est un livre en miroir. The book is a mirror, both in how its characters reflect one ather and in what it shows us of ourselves and our world.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803264046
ISBN-13
9780803264045
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184166902

Product Key Features

Author
Paule Constant
Format
Trade Paperback (US), Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories & Fiction Anthologies
Genre
Short Stories & Fiction Anthologies

Dimensions

Weight
227g
Height
5817mm
Width
3887mm

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
Lincoln
Spine
10mm
Introduction by
Margot Miller
Series Title
European Women Writers
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Translated by
Betsy Wing
Author Biography
Paule Constant is the author of seven novels, including The Governor's Daughter (Nebraska 1998), which was a finalist for the Prix Goncourt in 1994. Betsy Wing's translations include The Governor's Daughter, Helene Cixous's The Book of Promethea, and Edouard Glissant's The Fourth Century (all available from the University of Nebraska Press). Margot Miller teaches French at the University of Maryland.
Date of Publication
01/09/2001
Country of Publication
United States

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