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« On pensait, près de douze ans après sa mort, n'avoir plus rien à lire de nouveau de Marie Cardinal. Il restait le souvenir de plusieurs livres. Et surtout celui, toujours vif, des Mots pour le dire , qu'on recommandait encore à de jeunes lectrices, car, à travers une expérience personnelle, c'est une réflexion sur la condition des femmes. Et voici qu'arrive cet Inédit , qui est beaucoup plus qu'un document ultime ou un assemblage de fragments épars. Certes, il réunit, agencés de manière très subtile, des textes que ses filles ont trouvé dans les carnets laissés par Marie Cardinal : pages de journaux intimes, variantes de romans déjà parus ou à paraître, souvenirs personnels, récits de conversations...
Marie Cardinal n'aimait pas la tiédeur, la vie lui a donc été extrêmement belle et extrêmement difficile. Et cet Inédit , sans rien cacher du « difficile », est une très belle leçon de vie. Un texte si limpide, si présent, qu'il donne envie de continuer avec elle une conversation devenue impossible. » Josyane Savigneau

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

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Marie Cardinal

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Cardinal was born in French Algeria and was the sister of the film director Pierre Cardinal. She received a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne and in 1953 married the French playwright, actor, and director Jean-Pierre Ronfard. They had three children: Alice, Benedict and Benedict. From 1953 to 1960 she taught philosophy at schools in Salonica, Lisbon, Vienna and Montreal.

Cardinal published her first novel, Ecoutez la Mer (Listen to the Sea), in 1962. During the 1960s she published three more novels and was involved with films as well. In 1967 she had a role in Jean-Luc Godard's film, Deux Ou Trois Choses Que Je Sais D'elle and played the role of Mouchette's mother in Robert Bresson's film, Mouchette.

In 1972 Cardinal published La Cle Sur La Porte (The Key of the Door), followed by Les Mots Pour Le Dire (The Words to Say It) in 1975; these two novels were best sellers and established her reputation. Les Mots Pour Le Dire was the first book by Cardinal to be published in the United States.

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November 9, 2013
Of interest to those highly interested in the personal life of Marie Cardinal. The work is primarily composed of her journals and interviews with an unnamed journalist. Biographical details are provided that corroborate the veracity of some of her fictional texts.
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