The Thought House of Philippa - Leblanc, Suzanne
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Fiction. Translated from the French by Oana Avasilichioaei and Ingrid Pam Dick. Suzanne Leblanc's THE THOUGHT HOUSE OF PHILIPPA transposes a theory of individuality into a stunningly reflective, sensuous, and frank philosophical novel. Setting the chapters in the various rooms of the house Ludwig Wittgenstein designed for his sister in Vienna, Leblanc's novel builds an architectural foundation for the main character's intensely emotional and intellectually acute way of seeing the world and her place in it. Prompted by an experience of isolation early in her life, "P." (Philippa) moves towards…mehr

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Fiction. Translated from the French by Oana Avasilichioaei and Ingrid Pam Dick. Suzanne Leblanc's THE THOUGHT HOUSE OF PHILIPPA transposes a theory of individuality into a stunningly reflective, sensuous, and frank philosophical novel. Setting the chapters in the various rooms of the house Ludwig Wittgenstein designed for his sister in Vienna, Leblanc's novel builds an architectural foundation for the main character's intensely emotional and intellectually acute way of seeing the world and her place in it. Prompted by an experience of isolation early in her life, "P." (Philippa) moves towards the great world of others and nature--alienated from the everyday and yet devoted to a deeper connection--in an exploration that is profound and moving. Ideas crucial to Wittgenstein's work limit, freedom, interior and exterior, self and world--echo and shift in Leblanc's precise, incantatory prose, propelled through the house's architecture. The distinct voices of the novel's four sections act as musical movements, constructed from repetition, variation and development of language, in alternating keys of austerity and splendour. The effect--a pure expression of the passion of clear thought, the adventure of solitude, and the beauty of uncompromising encounter--is utterly riveting. A sui generis experimental novel not to be missed.
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INGRID PAM DICK (a.k.a. Gregoire Pam Dick, Mina Pam Dick, Jake Pam Dick et al.) is the author of Metaphysical Licks (BookThug 2014) and Delinquent (2009). Her writing has appeared in BOMB, frieze, The Brooklyn Rail, Aufgabe, EOAGH, Fence, Matrix, Open Letter, Poetry Is Dead, and elsewhere. Her philosophical work has appeared in a collection published by the International Wittgenstein Symposium. Also an artist and translator, Dick lives in New York City, where she is currently doing work that makes out and off with Büchner, Wedekind, Walser, and Michaux. OANA AVASILICHIOAEI is a Montreal-based poet, translator, and artist. She is the author of many books, including Expeditions of a Chimaera (with Erín Moure; 2009), We, Beasts (2012; winner of the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry) and Limbinal (2015). Previous translations include Catherine Lalonde's The Faerie Devouring (winner of the 2018 Cole Foundation Prize for Translation), three books by Bertrand Laverdure, including Universal Bureau of Copyrights (finalist for the 2015 ReLit Award, Readopolis (winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation), and The Neptune Room (finalist for the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation). SUZANNE LEBLANC has a PhD in philosophy (1983) and in visual arts (2004) and has been teaching since 2003 at the School of Visual Arts at the University of Laval (Quebec). She has exhibited multi-media installations in Quebec and has published theoretical works in Germany, France, Switzerland, and Canada. Her research and creative work deal with philosophical forms inherent in artistic disciplines.