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Marie Darrieussecq

Marie Darrieussecq is the author of over twenty books, including novels, essays, a play, a biography and translations. In 2013 she was awarded the Prix Médicis and the Prix des Prix for her novel Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

A World of Networks and Vines

Marie Darrieussecq

‘No one is alone in their bed anymore.’

An excerpt from Sleepless by Marie Darrieussecq, translated by Penny Hueston.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 149
Essays & Memoir | Issue 149

Marie Darrieussecq | On Europe

Marie Darrieussecq

‘There is a Europe of life and a Europe of death, on the mass graves of which we perpetuate a dream.’ Translated from the French by Linda Coverdale.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 110 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 110 padlock

Rousseau and the Pussycat

Marie Darrieussecq

‘I am aware that according to present-­day criteria, the story I am about to tell contains several shocking scenes which fall within the realms of sexual harassment and cruelty towards animals.’

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