Had me at the first paragraph. Got to love an angry honest strong woman. Massud tells the story as if Nora’s done over but who knows? Artists are predators. That’s what they do. NB: Nora (Gnawer) is a fine teacher of children.
The conceptualisation and production of ‘écriture matière’ in this text is breathtaking. Eades takes readers into the ‘glittering abyss’ that includes the breathtaking entry of two boys into this world. Cixous and Irigaray as poets as well as critics. Inspired.
A slithery book that began as a poem and it reads that way. ‘Girlie reads books like a caterpillar eating its way through the leaves on a tree.’ (93). A series of hard slaps with chapters that are sometimes one short paragraph long.
