Authors | Marie Cardinal |
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Original title | Les Mots pour le dire |
Translator | Pat Goodheart |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Genre | autobiographical novel |
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The Words to Say It was an autobiographical novel by Marie Cardinal, first published in French as Les Mots pour le dire in 1976. The novel dealt with Cardinal's childhood in Algeria, her sense of loss on leaving, her relationship with her mother, mental illness, and recovery through psychoanalysis.