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Le Voyage dans l'Est
“The Journey East” (title translated by AI)
Christine Angot (born 1959)
English editions
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Her father left before she was born and recognised her later; from thirteen on, he abuses her. Loving and admiring him, the narrator cannot refuse him, though she pleads for an ordinary father. The book follows her from girlhood to youth as she fights to get free.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 224 pages in the original
- Genres
- Autofiction, Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- France
- First published
- 2021 by Flammarion
- Author's age
- 62 when first published
- ISBN
9782080231987 (original)
- More
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