{"product_id":"9781398529410-paris-trilogy","title":"The Paris Trilogy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Life in Three Stories\u003cbr\u003eFrom celebrated French author Colombe Schneck, translated by Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer, comes\u003ci\u003e The Paris Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e; three autobiographical tales from different seminal periods throughout her life, each interrogating desire, society, love, loss, and womanhood in all its forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'This is valuable writing. It has immense vitality. You will encounter a female narrator whose direct and bright-eyed stare at the world, and her self, is without shame or faux modesty. At the same time, it is also a deep study of existence, at various ages and stages in life.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e— Deborah Levy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e '\u003ci\u003eSwimming\u003c\/i\u003e is a dreamy, bruised, and carnal book that pretty much no American would write and pretty much every American will thrill to read. Schneck’s “discovery of her body, at the age of fifty” is our encounter with an entrancing mind.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e— Lauren Collins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e From celebrated author Colombe Schneck, in her first translation into English\u003ci\u003e, The Paris Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is three semi-autobiographical takes on a woman’s life, starting with \u003ci\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/i\u003e, progressing with \u003ci\u003eFriendship\u003c\/i\u003e, and then \u003ci\u003eSwimming: A Love Story.\u003c\/i\u003e Exploring questions of sexuality, bodily autonomy, femininity, friendship and loss, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving meditation on a lifelong journey to reclaim the female body, accepting it for all its faults and learning to celebrate its strength. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is translated into English by award-winning translators Natasha Lehrer and Lauren Elkin. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41793807024225,"sku":"9781398529410","price":8.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33739920.jpg?v=1744388668","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398529410-paris-trilogy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}