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Death of the Spider
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- Book Synopsis
- "Neil Bishop has … revived this novel, Death of the Spider, in the true light of its prophecy (be it but dreamed), in the bright light too of its modernism, for this novel is both a poetic indictment of our contemporary society and a forerunner of the feminist novel-while admirably avoiding the traps of theory and rigidity. The author draws us into our very depths, our own submissiveness, our own hereditary sheep-like docility, she shuts us in with her main character, staring at the spider on the ceiling, in that secret bedroom of rebellion where this nameless heroine has withdrawn to think about her fate which is also ours and where she and we are left, alone with the shameful images of our own condition, our own, often willing, bondage." - from the preface by Marie-Claire Blais
- About The Author
- Michèle Mailhot was born in 1932 in Montréal and died in Outremont in 2009. She is the winner of the 1990 Governor General's Fiction Award for her novel Le Passé Composé. She lived and worked in the Eastern Townships of Québec. The translation of her novel Death of the Spider (1991) was nominated for a Governor General's Award for Translation in 1992.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780889222984
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Talonbooks, (04 April 1991)
- Number of Pages
- 64
- Weight
- 99 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 228 x 152 x 6 mm
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