Description: This book examines themes of exile, mobility, and identity in contemporary autofictional narratives written in French by women writers from across the francophone world. It reads exile in light of both gender and literary genre, arguing that autofiction gives women the space to reconfigure their exile on their own terms.
Brief description: Antonia Wimbush is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Liverpool.
Review Quotes:
"A compelling and lucid exploration of the female francophone aesthetics of exile in six contemporary authors, this is a fascinating and important intervention in theories of exile and francophone studies more widely."
Kathryn Robson, Newcastle University