Love Is Colder Than the Lake

Love is Colder than the Lake is a powerful and mysterious experimental French poet Liliane Giraudons work that weaves together stories, autobiographical trauma, and political and sexual violence to create an alchemical and incantatory texture. It claims a unique position among contemporary French literature, with heroes such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lorine Niedecker, Emma Goldman, Chantal Akerman, and the unnamed lake itself. Giraudons writing, editing, and visual work have been influential in France for decades, and English-speaking readers will thrill to this challenging, important voice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 29 February 2024
Publisher: Nightboat Books

Love is a force that sears with its energies and remains mysterious in its icy depths, a testament to the incredible power and range of the experimental French poet Liliane Giraudon. This captivating work weaves together stories dreamed and experienced, fragments of autobiographical trauma, and scraps of political and sexual violence to create an alchemical and incantatory texture that is entirely Giraudon's own. In its feminist attention and allusive stylistic registers, Love is Colder than The Lake occupies a unique position among contemporary French literature. The heroes (or anti-heroes) within this collection include renowned figures such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lorine Niedecker, Emma Goldman, Chantal Akerman, the Marquis de Sade, and the unnamed lake itself. Giraudon's writing, editing, and visual work have exerted a profound influence in France for decades, and English-speaking readers are in for a thrilling journey as they delve into this challenging and important voice.

Weight: 158g
Dimension: 151 x 216 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781643621975