Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: From the Debate on ‘Repentance’ to the Reparative in Memorial Narratives
- 1 Algerian Humour: ‘Jay Translating’ Words and Silences
- 2 René-Nicolas Ehni: Matricide and Deicide as Figures of Unforgivable Violence and Redemption during the Algerian War of Independence
- 3 The Truth of False Testimonies: False Brothers in Michael Haneke's Caché
- 4 Gisèle Halimi's Autobiographical and Legal Narratives: Doing to Trees what They Did to Me
- Conclusion: Repentance and Detective Fiction: Legal Powerlessness and the Power of Narratives
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: From the Debate on ‘Repentance’ to the Reparative in Memorial Narratives
- 1 Algerian Humour: ‘Jay Translating’ Words and Silences
- 2 René-Nicolas Ehni: Matricide and Deicide as Figures of Unforgivable Violence and Redemption during the Algerian War of Independence
- 3 The Truth of False Testimonies: False Brothers in Michael Haneke's Caché
- 4 Gisèle Halimi's Autobiographical and Legal Narratives: Doing to Trees what They Did to Me
- Conclusion: Repentance and Detective Fiction: Legal Powerlessness and the Power of Narratives
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Reparative in NarrativesWorks of Mourning in Progress, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2010