Lili is Crying

Name: Lili is Crying
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781804271674
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By Hélène Bessette

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Lili is Crying, Hélène Bessette's debut novel, explores the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessette's stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted love—of desire run cold—and the promise of renewal. Lauded by... Read More

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Lili is Crying

Lili is Crying, Hélène Bessette's debut novel, originally published in France in 1953 and translated into English here for the first time, explores the fraughtness and depth of a troubling mother-daughter relationship, the pain of thwarted love and the promise of renewal.

Description

Lili is Crying, Hélène Bessette's debut novel, explores the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessette's stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted love—of desire run cold—and the promise of renewal.

Lauded by critics on its initial publication in 1953 for its boundary-pushing style, Lili is Crying marked the beginning of a singular writing career. Bessette's work is translated into English for the first time here by Windham-Campbell Prize-winning author and translator Kate Briggs.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804271674

Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 June 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Fitzcarraldo Editions

Contributors:

Translated by Kate Briggs
Introduction by Eimear McBride
Introduction by Eimar McBride

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 121.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 192

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Fiction General Fiction Hélène Bessette Literary Fiction

About the Author

Hélène Bessette (1918-2000) published thirteen novels with Gallimard between 1953 and 1973, won the Cazes prize in 1954 and was twice in the running for the Goncourt prize and the Médicis prize.