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Maggie Doherty
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Sophie Smith
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Alycia Pirmohamed and Nina Mingya Powles
Angst by Hélène Cixous pre-order Maggie DohertyTranslated by Sophie Lewis Foreword by Jamieson Webster A woman replays her abandonment by her mother, who is sometimes addressed as a male mother god. She is also abandoned by her lover, to whom she is in thrall. She tries repeatedly to make or receive phone calls with the beloved figures, without success. She waits for their letters and imagines their contents. In a dream like, torrid sequence, suffering, fear, fatigue and imperfection are
