
"In 1968-69 I wanted to die, that is to say, stop living, being killed, but it was blocked on all sides," wrote H l ne Cixous, esteemed French feminist, playwright, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Instead of suicide, she began to dream of writing a tomb for herself...

"In 1968-69 I wanted to die, that is to say, stop living, being killed, but it was blocked on all sides," wrote H l ne Cixous, esteemed French feminist, playwright, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Instead of suicide, she began to dream of writing a tomb for herself...