# Lili is Crying

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- Authors: [Hélène Bessette](https://www.bookquiver.com/helene-bessette)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2025-06-05
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

Lili is Crying, Hélene Bessette's debut novel, explores the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessette's stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted love - of desire run cold - and the promise of renewal. Lauded by critics on its initial publication in 1953 for its boundary-pushing style, unusual economy of expression, strange humour and sheer vivacity, Lili is Crying announces Bessette's singular take on the 'poetic novel'. This edition marks the very first translation of Bessette's work into English, by Windham-Campbell Prize-winning author and translator Kate Briggs.

## Editions

### Lili is Crying

- Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
- ISBN: 978-18-0427-167-4
- Pages: 170
- Published: 2025-06-05
- Language: en_US