Manhattan : Letters from Prehistory

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Manhattan is the tale of a young French scholar who travels to the United States in 1965 on a Fulbright Fellowship to consult the manuscripts of beloved authors. In Yale University?s Beinecke Library, tantalized by the conversational and epistolary brilliance of a fellow researcher, she is lured int...

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Auteur principal: Cixous, Helene
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Francés
Publié: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Cixous, Helene, > 1937-
Travel.
Authors, French.
Écrivains français > 21e siecle > Biographies.
Écrivains français > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Authors, French > 21st century > Biography.
Authors, French > 20th century > Biography.
New York (State) > New York > Manhattan.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Description and travel.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Manhattan is the tale of a young French scholar who travels to the United States in 1965 on a Fulbright Fellowship to consult the manuscripts of beloved authors. In Yale University?s Beinecke Library, tantalized by the conversational and epistolary brilliance of a fellow researcher, she is lured into a picaresque and tragic adventure. Meanwhile, back in France, her children and no-nonsense mother await her return. A young European intellectual?s first contact with America and the city of New York are the background of this story. The experience of Manhattan haunts this labyrinth of a book as.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (228 pages).
ISBN:9780823217625

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