{"product_id":"an-impossible-love-paperback-by-christine-angot","title":"An Impossible Love Paperback by Christine Angot","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eArchipelago\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2021-12-21)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e240\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781953861047\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e221.13\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e6.5 x 5.46 x 0.56\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn agonizing turbulence lies just beneath the surface of this skillfully wrought novel by the French phenom who caused a sensation with the publication of her novel \u003ci\u003eIncest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaching back into a world before she was born, Christine Angot describes the inevitable encounter of two young people at a dance in the early 1950s: Rachel and Pierre, her mother and father. Their love is acute. It twists around Pierre's decisive judgments about class, nationalism, and beauty, and winds its way towards dissolution and Christine's own birth. Though it's Pierre whose ideas are most often voiced, it's Rachel who slowly comes into view, her determination and patience forming a radiant, enigmatic disposition. Equal parts subtle and suspenseful, \u003ci\u003eAn Impossible Love\u003c\/i\u003e is an unwavering advance toward a brutal sequence of events that mars both Christine's and Rachel's lives. Angot the author carves Angot the narrator out of this corrosive element, exposing an unmendable rupture, and at the same time offering a portrait of a striking, ineradicable bond between mother and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHRISTINE ANGOT is one of the most controversial authors writing today in France. Since the 1999 publication of \u003ci\u003eIncest,\u003c\/i\u003e Angot has remained at the center of public debate and has continued to push the boundaries of what society allows an author to express. Born in 1958 in Châteauroux, Angot studied law at the University of Reims and began writing at the age of 25. Her literary works have received prizes including the Prix France Culture in 2005 (for \u003ci\u003eLes Désaxés\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUne partie du cœur\u003c\/i\u003e), the Prix Flore in 2006 (for \u003ci\u003eRendez-vous\u003c\/i\u003e) and the Prix Sade in 2012 (for \u003ci\u003eUne semaine de vacances\u003c\/i\u003e), which she refused on the grounds that the theme of the prize did not correspond to the book she had written. In 2015 she won the Prix Décembre for her novel Un Amour impossible. Angot is now also a commentator on the television show On n'est pas couché.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARMINE KOTIN MORTIMER is the translator of Philippe Sollers's \u003ci\u003eMysterious Mozart\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Illinois Press, 2010) and his \u003ci\u003eCasanova the Irresistible \u003c\/i\u003e(Illinois, 2016), as well as Julia Kristeva's \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanted Clock\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia University Press, 2017). Her long career as a professor of French literature occasioned many scholarly books and articles, as well as recognition by the French government with the Palmes Académiques in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43176065237153,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781953861047","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781953861047.jpg?v=1693249813","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/an-impossible-love-paperback-by-christine-angot","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}