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This groundbreaking study, the first ever published on Linda L, a young albeit prolific writer of Vietnamese origin whose fiction shocked readers by its violence and cruelty and challenged critics by its complexity, explores the issue of lack ( manque ) in three areas of Ls rich works: of rootedness in her writing, of loving relationships, of the father figure and nurturing mother. Ls displaced, exiled status is not foreign to the Deleuzean postmodernist aspects of her prose and to the pharmakon nature (both poison and remedy) of her texts. The study further demonstrates the difficulty of personal relationships in Ls works; while Barthes A Lovers Discourse only applies here to incestuous, fraternal relationships, Derridas The Post Card continues to shed light on the father-daughter relationship. The conclusion presents a lighter side of L often overlooked by critics, i.e., humor and playfulness, and the fantastic. In addition to being rigorous in its method and original in its approach, this study makes Ls works less daunting, more approachable to academics and graduate students. It will appeal to scholars in contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Asian literature, as well as Womens Studies, Postmodernism, and Postcolonial Studies.
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