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FEM

By Magda Carneci & Sean Cotter
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Publisher Description

The lyrical, feminist novel that exploded onto the Romanian literary scene: a 21st-century Scheherazade recounts her life to a man from whom she is ready to part ways forever.

11 Reviews

3.5
“Sorry Scheherazade, you’re getting the axe. I didn’t mind that this was more of a poem than a novel. Mainly I was annoyed with how repetitive it was. The author frequently goes on tangents about the cosmic resonances of femininity, and by themselves they aren’t terrible, (I even enjoyed them at first) but cramming a dozen or so similar passages like that into a fairly short novel isn’t going to do it any favors.”
“3.5 rounded down~ i enjoyed this one a lot. v poetic & feminist & lispector-esque. so many good lines, especially in the first half. the second half kinda lost me a little (hence the lower rating) but i’m certainly a fan of carneci now!!”
“Imagine you gave a woman LSD and asked her questions like, "Tell me what being a woman is like?" "What is it like to live inside a body?" "Why are we here?" This is exactly what this book is. Fem is insanely lyrical and beautiful (almost to a fault), but easy to read. Whatever Carneci is consuming, I will take.”

About Magda Carneci

Magda Carneci is a widely acclaimed writer, translator and art critic in Romania, where she has become a leading voice among the gifted group of poets who began their careers under the waning influence of Communism in Eastern Europe. She is the recipient of prizes and grants from the Fulbright Foundation, Getty Trust, European Union, and more; in 2013, she won the “Opera Omnia” career prize from the Romanian Writers’ Union. her poems have been translated into thirteen languages and included in numerous anthologies.

Sean Cotter has translated many works of Romanian literature, including Mircea Cărtărescu’s Blinding (Archipelago Books, 2013) and Wheel with a Single Spoke, a selection from Nichita Stănescu (Archipelago Books, 2012), winner of the Best Translated Book Award for poetry. He is Professor of Literature and Translation Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he is part of the Center for Translation Studies. He is currently working on a translation of Mircea Cărtărescu’s Solenoid.

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