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A review by katerinasiap
Double Oblivion of the Ourang-Outang by Hélène Cixous
4.0
This was a hard read but predictable enough for anyone who has been previously acquainted with Cixous. Throughout its most part I could not understand what I was reading either because it was too difficult for my senses and focal capability or because its very deliberate abstraction served exactly that; to remain abstract. I could say that it was somehow enjoyable nonetheless.
My interpretation is that this book is all about Cixous the philosopher meeting Cixous the private individual. The narrative - if it can even be called that - is highly fragmentary and it witnesses her deep bond and mental connection with important names of the literary world. Perhaps her intention was right from the beginning to provide the reader with a mere glimpse of that and sustain the rest as abstract and therefore unreachable as possible. In any case, I felt charmed by Cixous's perplexed way of thinking as it was unraveled before me within and through this book.
My interpretation is that this book is all about Cixous the philosopher meeting Cixous the private individual. The narrative - if it can even be called that - is highly fragmentary and it witnesses her deep bond and mental connection with important names of the literary world. Perhaps her intention was right from the beginning to provide the reader with a mere glimpse of that and sustain the rest as abstract and therefore unreachable as possible. In any case, I felt charmed by Cixous's perplexed way of thinking as it was unraveled before me within and through this book.