{"product_id":"love-is-colder-than-the-lake-9781643621975","title":"Love Is Colder Than the Lake","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLove Is Colder Than the Lake by Liliane Giraudon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSearing in its energies and mysterious in its icy depths, \u003ci\u003eLove is Colder than the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour-de-force of the experimental French poet Liliane Giraudon's power and range.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove is Colder than the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together stories dreamed and experienced, fragments of autobiographical trauma, and scraps of political and sexual violence to create an alchemical and incantatory texture that is all Giraudon's own. In its feminist attention and allusive stylistic registers, \u003ci\u003eLove is Colder than The Lake\u003c\/i\u003e claims a unique position among contemporary French literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe heroes (or anti-heroes) in this collection include Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lorine Niedecker, Emma Goldman, Chantal Akerman, the Marquis de Sade, and the unnamed lake itself. Giraudon's writing, editing, and visual work have been influential in France for decades, and English-speaking readers will thrill to this challenging, important voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiliane Giraudon\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Marseille in 1946. She continues to live and work in Marseille, and her writing is inseparable from the place, shaped by the vibrant community of poets and writers and artists Giraudon has herself shaped, as well as by the city's gritty and diverse cosmopolitanism. Giraudon's many books have, since 1982, been primarily published by France's P.O.L. editions. Giraudon has also been instrumental as an editor for influential reviews such as \u003ci\u003eBanana Split\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Action Poétique\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIf\u003c\/i\u003e. She performs and collaborates widely, including with Nanni Balastrini, Henri Delui, Jean-Jacques Viton, and many others. Two of her books (\u003ci\u003eFur\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePallaksh, Pallaksh\u003c\/i\u003e) were published in English by Sun \u0026amp; Moon Press in 1992 and 1994, respectively. She lives in Marseille, France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLindsay Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the poetry collections Songs \u0026amp; Ballads (Prelude Books, 2018) and The Upstate (University of Chicago Press, 2023). She has twice received French Voices awards for her translations from the French, which include books of poetry and philosophy by Stéphane Bouquet, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Anne Duforumantelle, Ryoko Sekiguchi, and others. She is Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Riggs\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and multivalent artist. Her most recent book \u003ci\u003eThe Nerve Epistle\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 2021. Translation is one of her arts, for which she received a Griffin prize with Etel Adnan, and Best Translated Book Award, also for \u003ci\u003eAdnan's Time\u003c\/i\u003e (Nightboat, 2019). Riggs lives in Brooklyn, after many years in Paris. Author residence: Marseille, France\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680468144402,"sku":"9781643621975","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_354dae7e-3987-488a-8095-8b7818901964.jpg?v=1734906678","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-is-colder-than-the-lake-9781643621975","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}