The Feminist Book Club with Kate Feld – November
House of Books & Friends are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Feminist Book Club with facilitator Kate Feld. Taking place monthly, this will be a space for people of all genders to discuss feminist books. In October, we will be reading Lili is Crying by HΓ©lΓ¨ne Bessette, the first translation of Bessetteβs work into English, by Windham-Campbell Prize-winning author and translator Kate Briggs.
Tickets
As always, there are a limited amount of complimentary tickets available for those who need them. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597 365380.
About the book
Lili is Crying, HΓ©lΓ¨ne Bessetteβs debut novel, explores the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessetteβs stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted love β of desire run cold β and the promise of renewal. Lauded by critics on its initial publication in 1953 for its boundary-pushing style, unusual economy of expression, strange humour and sheer vivacity, Lili is Crying announces Bessetteβs singular take on the βpoetic novelβ.