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EAN : 9782348071591
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 328
Size : 140 x 205 mm
DYING OF LOVE

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Collection : SH / À la source
Release date : 10/02/2022
Near Constantine, Algeria, in 1888, a young man and a married woman locked themselves in the bedroom of an empty house. Four gunshots rang out. The woman was found dead; the man had survived and claimed they had wished to die locked in embrace together. A failed suicide pact, or... Near Constantine, Algeria, in 1888, a young man and a married woman locked themselves in the bedroom of an empty house. Four gunshots rang out. The woman was found dead; the man had survived and claimed they had wished to die locked in embrace together. A failed suicide pact, or a murder in disguise?
This story immediately sparked controversy as well as moral, political, and philosophical debates about the responsibilities of science and literature, accused of leading youth astray.
In this book, a pair of historians exhume this affair, reconstruct the multiple dimensions of the collective imagination, and highlight what could well be a forerunner of contemporary debates on femicides.
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EAN : 9782348071591
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 328
Size : 140 x 205 mm
La Découverte