Article: Marie Darrieussecq. Le bebe.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

Paris. POL. 2002. 188 pages. 15 [euro]. ISBN 2-86744-874-3

MARIE DARRIEUSSECQ first published novel, Truismes (1996; see WLT 71:4, p. 746) was a succes de scandale and has so far been translated in thirty-eight countries. Her subsequent novels (published by POL)--Naissance des fantomes (1998; see WLT 72:4, p. 793), Le Mal de mer (1999; see WLT 74:1, p. 104), and Bref sejour chez les vivants (2001; see WLT 76:2, p. 175)--confirm Darrieussecq's talent and continue to be translated abroad.

Le bebe a documentary work rather than a novel, consists of two notebooks of observation and commentary, which the author undertook in order to renew her contact with ...

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