The Words to Say It

Marie Cardinal

Original title: Les mots pour le dire

Translated by Pat Goodheart earliest edition we have, 1975 Women's Press Ltd,The, 2000 paperback 295 pages

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I found this book compelling, as it was not only a narrative about the author’s dilemmas and strategies, but also about her treatment and survival. Her writing style is indisputably linked to what is called “ecriture” – that is post-modern French writing influenced by feminism – but it has a directness and grasp of everyday life, so often lacking in ‘survivor’ literature. It tells the truth; it does not encode it in...

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Pat Goodheart 1 printing we hold · 1984 · Van Vactor & Goodheart

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Editions we hold

Les mots pour le dire paperback · 2006 · Duckworth Publishers · 256 pages · 9781853993367
The Words to Say It (Women's Press Classics) paperback · 2000 · Women's Press Ltd,The · 295 pages · 9780704346680
The Words to Say It paperback · 1993 · The Women's Press Ltd · 304 pages · 9780704343467
Words to Say It edition · 1993 · Allen & Unwin · 9781863732444
Les mots pour le dire edition · 1989 · Bernard Grasset
Les mots pour le dire paperback · 1988 · Librarie Générale Française · 278 pages
Schattenmund edition · 1986 · Rowohlt · 219 pages · 9783499143335
The Words to Say It paperback · 1984 · Van Vactor & Goodheart · 308 pages · 9780941324090
The Words to Say It paperback · 1984 · Picador · 224 pages · 9780330283304
Het moet eruit! edition · 1984 · Muntinga · 285 pages · 9789067660068
Les Mots pour le dire edition · 1983 · France loisirs · 315 pages · 9782724218114
The words to say it edition · 1983 · VanVactor & Goodheart · 308 pages

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