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Haotel Splendid

English · Paperback / Softback

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"Each features a commanding female protagonist trapped in her place of origin, neither able nor wanting to escape from the home that gave her life but which now threatens to destroy her. The narrator of "Hotel Splendid" never questions her doomed quest to keep the establishment running, the girl in "Forever Valley" leaves only when dam construction forces her to, and Mellie turns down several job offers on the continent and submits to nature's call to death. Redonnet's prose reads like the barest of poetry, devoid of description, while still managing to paint vivid pictures of the rich landscapes that play a vital role in every story". "Most impressively, these three tales represent an evolution of the feminine from the alienated, sexless martyr to the prostituted prepubescent on the verge of self-knowledge to the self-loving, self-determined Mellie, who dies to give her baby a chance at a better life. To her credit, Redonnet packs these jewels with much more: highly personal images of utopia, the importance of heritage, the necessity of burying the dead to approach the future. Like traveling a very long, very dark tunnel into a blinding bright beautiful light." - Kirkus.

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Jordan Stump is a professor of French at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.


Summary

Offers three tales that features a commanding female protagonist trapped in her place of origin, neither able nor wanting to escape from the home that gave her life but which now threatens to destroy her. This title presents personal images of utopia, the importance of heritage, and the necessity of burying the dead to approach the future.

Product details

Authors Marie Redonnet
Assisted by Jordan Stump (Translation)
Publisher Bison Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.09.1994
 
EAN 9780803289536
ISBN 978-0-8032-8953-6
No. of pages 130
Dimensions 121 mm x 191 mm x 9 mm
Weight 122 g
Series European Women Writers (Paperb
European Women Writers
European Women Writers (Paperb
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies

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