{"product_id":"panics-paperback","title":"Panics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Molinard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEmma Ramadan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting, bizarre short story collection about violence, mental illness, and the warped contradictions of the twentieth-century female experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA close friend and protégé of Marguerite Duras, Barbara Molinard (1921-1986) wrote and wrote feverishly, but only managed to publish one book in her lifetime: the surreal, nightmarish collection \u003cem\u003ePanics\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThese thirteen stories beat with a frantic, off-kilter rhythm as Molinard obsesses over sickness, death, and control. A woman becomes transfixed by a boa constrictor at her local zoo, mysterious surgeons dismember their patient, and the author narrates to Duras how she was stopped from sleeping in a cemetery vault, only to be haunted by the pain of sleeping on its stone floor.\u003cbr\u003eIn the unsettling tradition of Franz Kafka, Djuna Barnes, Leonara Carrington, and more, \u003cem\u003ePanics\u003c\/em\u003e recovers the work of a tormented writer who often destroyed her writing as soon as she produced it, and whose insights into violence, mental illness, and bodily autonomy are simultaneously absurdist and razor-sharp. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Molinard\u003c\/strong\u003e (1921-1986) wrote and wrote, but published only one book: a collection of short stories titled \u003cem\u003eViens\u003c\/em\u003e. Everything she wrote, she immediately tore up, and it was only through the relentless urging from her husband, the filmmaker Patrice Molinard, and her friend Marguerite Duras, that she finally handed over a single collection of stories to Editions Mercure de France in 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Ramadan\u003c\/b\u003e is an educator and literary translator from French. She is the recipient of the PEN Translation Prize, the Albertine Prize, an NEA Fellowship, and a Fulbright. Her translations include Abdellah Taïa's \u003ci\u003eA Country for Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, Virginie Despentes's \u003ci\u003ePretty Things\u003c\/i\u003e, and Barbara Molinard's \u003ci\u003ePanics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698745249855,"sku":"9781558612952","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/edf386614b0e3ca7a9bf7243c46a2954.webp?v=1765011235","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/panics-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}