Picture Theory

A novel first published in French in 1982, 'Picture Theory' demonstrates Nicole Brossard's fiction théorique and her preoccupation with the difficulty of writing and reading woman. The title (taken from Wittgenstein) implies her reference to the hologram as a new pictorial model for woman; like the hologram which is intended to be read from an infinite number of changing conditions, Brossard's text abstracts the image of the feminine so that it can be read from all angles. Centred on four women, this novel of lesbian love moves from Curaçao to Montreal, from New York to Paris. Essentially, Picture Theory poses the question of what is a novel.

Info autore

Nicole Brossard is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for Poetry and the author of more than 30 books, including Fluid Arguments, Intimate Journal, and Mauve Desert. Barbara Godard is an essayist and a translator who focuses primarily on French-language Canadian and Quebecois literature.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nicole Brossard, Barbara Godard
• Con la collaborazione di: Godard (Traduzione), Barbara Godard (Traduzione)
• Editore: Guernica Editions
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.04.2006
• EAN: 9781550712186
• ISBN: 978-1-55071-218-6
• Pagine: 186
• Dimensioni: 109 mm x 178 mm x 13 mm
• Peso: 177 g
• Serie: Picas; Picas series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata