The Review of Contemporary Fiction, June 22nd, 1998
Pierre Jean Jouve. Hecate and Vagadu. Trans. Lydia Davis. Marlboro/ Northwestern Univ. Press, 1997. 145 and 175 pp. $24.95 each.
Known primarily as a poet and essayist, Pierre Jean Jouve (1887-1976) wrote his only novels between 1925 and 1935. In Hecate and Vagadu Catherine Crachat, a Parisian actress, struggles against violent impulses and fears in order to find unity and meaning in her life. Torn between the twin forces of Eros and Thanatos and surrounded by darkness and shadows like her mythological counterpart Hecate, Catherine brings pain and destruction to herself and others. The firs...
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