Lili is Crying

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Lili is Crying, Hélène Bessette's debut novel, explores the fraught and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessette's stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted love – of desire run cold – and the promise of renewal. The novel is praised for its boundary-pushing style, unusual economy of expression, strange humour and sheer vivacity, announcing Bessette's singular take on the 'poetic novel'. This edition marks the very first translation of Bessette's work into English, by Windham-Campbell Prize-winning author and translator Kate Briggs.