Forthcoming Publications

From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to search

5 JUNE

1804271675.jpg

Review of

Lili is Crying by Helene Bessette and Kate Briggs (translator)

4.5star.jpg Literary Fiction

First published in 1953 in French, this novel is a timeless text which wrenches the hearts of its readers just as Bessette wrenches words and sentences from their proper position on the page and positions them elsewhere, disjointed, truncated. Like the lives of her characters, they are often left tragically incomplete. Full Review