{"product_id":"angst","title":"Angst","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA woman replays her abandonment by her mother, who is sometimes addressed as a male mother-god. She is also abandoned by her lover, to whom she is in thrall. She tries repeatedly to make or receive phone calls with the beloved figures, without success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe waits for their letters and imagines their contents. In a dream-like, torrid sequence, suffering, fear, fatigue and imperfection are apostrophised. Forgetting is examined and toyed with from every angle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMythical hybrid creatures are invoked: a snake-headed lion, wolf-snakes, a wolf-peacock. How did this come to be? In a cunningly, wittily wrought rush, the unique, unpredictable voice of the narrator speaks from multiple perspectives to express powerful anguish and, ultimately, catharsis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Silver Press\u003cbr\u003ePages: 266\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1739371771\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781739371777\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helene Cixous","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52897325351178,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781739371777.jpg?v=1776783505","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/angst","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}