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Issa
Alice a vingt ans, Issa quarante. Elle est française, lui syrien. Folle de douleur après la perte de ses parents, elle est prête à mourir. Fou amoureux, Issa fait tout pour la conquérir. À Damas, où Issa a entraîné Alice, naît une passion violente. Tandis que la rumeur de la guerre israélo-palestinienne s'amplifie, il enferme la jeune femme dans les filets de son désir. Piégée, Alice cède et l'épouse. Mais ses peurs l'emportent, du corps, de la vie et du monde, et la femme-enfant, prisonnière, transforme son geôlier en un protecteur presque maternel. Rentré à Paris, le couple achève de se déchirer. Abandonnée par Issa, seule et vieillie, Alice contemple son existence foudroyée. Mais ni l'un ni l'autre n'échappent à la puissance d'un lien fait d'inconsciente cruauté et d'un mystérieux pardon. Puissance de la lumière qui, tout au long de ce roman solaire, ardent, s'insuffle contre la destruction.
214 pages, Paperback
Published August 26, 1999
About the author
Chantal Chawaf
37 books6 followersChantal Chawaf (born 1943) is a French writer.
She was born in Paris, during the World War II. During her childhood, she studied art at l'École du Louvre and literature. She travelled and lived for some years in Europe, in the Middle East and North America. In 1974, she started publishing at the Editions des Femmes, created in relation to the MLF (Mouvement de Liberation des Femmes) by the leading French feminist Antoinette Fouque. Chawaf’s first text, Retable. la rêverie, started what critics called "Écriture féminine". Books which also belong to this movement are; Cercoeur (1975) and Maternité (1979).
In her books, Chawaf explores the theme of a mother-daughter relationship and attempts to realize the potential of words to free the female unconscious, to de-intellectualize her body and give voice to an inner experience.
Chantal Chawaf work on birth and life giving leads in her last books to an ecocriticism of the contemporary society.
She has travelled frequently in the United States where her work is translated and studied in universities.
She is the author of many novels, one play and two essays, and is editor at a French publisher.
(from Wikipedia)
She was born in Paris, during the World War II. During her childhood, she studied art at l'École du Louvre and literature. She travelled and lived for some years in Europe, in the Middle East and North America. In 1974, she started publishing at the Editions des Femmes, created in relation to the MLF (Mouvement de Liberation des Femmes) by the leading French feminist Antoinette Fouque. Chawaf’s first text, Retable. la rêverie, started what critics called "Écriture féminine". Books which also belong to this movement are; Cercoeur (1975) and Maternité (1979).
In her books, Chawaf explores the theme of a mother-daughter relationship and attempts to realize the potential of words to free the female unconscious, to de-intellectualize her body and give voice to an inner experience.
Chantal Chawaf work on birth and life giving leads in her last books to an ecocriticism of the contemporary society.
She has travelled frequently in the United States where her work is translated and studied in universities.
She is the author of many novels, one play and two essays, and is editor at a French publisher.
(from Wikipedia)
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