Men / Marie Darrieussecq ; translated from the French by Penny Hueston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darrieussecq, Marie, author.

Contributor:

Hueston, Penny, translator.

Standardized Title:

Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

White people--Race identity.

Black people--Race identity.

Race relations--Fiction.

Race relations.

Black people--Race identity--Fiction.

White people--Race identity--Fiction.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Romance fiction.

Physical Description:

260 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Melbourne, Vic. : The Text Publishing Company, [2016]

Language Note:

Translated from French.

Summary:

"The French title of Men plays on a quote by Marguerite Duras: We have to love men a lot. A lot, a lot. Love them a lot in order to love them. Otherwise it's impossible, we couldn't bear them.' With her characteristic intensity, edginess and humour, Marie Darrieussecq explores female desire, what it means to be a woman. Solange was a provincial teenager in All the Way ; now in her thirties, she's not a great mother, is a mediocre actress, but in Hollywood she falls for a charismatic actor, Kouhouesso, who wants to direct a movie of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness --in Africa. He's black; she's white--what's the difference when it comes to love, she wonders? Solange follows her man to Africa, determined to play a main role in both his film and his affections. But nothing goes to plan in this brilliantly droll examination of romance, movie-making and clichés about race relations. After all, there's no guarantee you'll be loved by the one you love. Personal and political, passionate and engaged, Men is a novel that will make you see things differently."--Syndetics.

ISBN:

9781925240917

1925240916

OCLC:

930556159