The Unpossessed
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Auteur :
Tess SlesingerGenre : Recueil de nouvellesDate de publication (États-Unis) : 1934Langue d'origine : AnglaisÉditeurs :
Simon & Schuster, Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkRésumé : The first depiction of radical chic in fiction, The Unpossessed (1934) follows a group of Greenwich Village intellectuals engaged in founding a magazine. In relating the stories of three couples, the novel raises questions that still torment women and men today: Is marriage a viable institution? Should one bear children in hard times? Does sexuality destroy the possibility of significant political action? And what is the political responsibility of intellectuals?