{"product_id":"the-book-of-promethea-paperback","title":"The Book of Promethea - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelene Cixous\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBetsy Wing\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eBetsy Wing\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.99 x 5.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53053861691616,"sku":"9780803263437","price":54.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/0bQjrRCFW39780803263437.webp?v=1781287483","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-promethea-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}