{"product_id":"9781988355283","title":"Thirty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn ardent, vulnerable, and bold novella about exiting the cult of youth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"page-break-after: always\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThirty\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a woman who has always been convinced that she is going to die at the age of thirty. Addressing those who will read it posthumously, she documents the last year of her life in a dark, obsessive diary. In this movement towards the end, other women are drawn: spectral muses, heroines-ghosts, suicide writers. “The sad truth is that my favourite muses are depressed,” Marie Darsigny writes in the opening chapter. Anglo and Franco muses like Nelly Arcan, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Marie-Sissi Labrèch, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Michelle Tea, and Angelina Jolie are conjured to explore ideas of mental illness and ​​aging. Through a skilful integration of their works, these muses participate in the raw exploration of female suffering. The narrator creates a universe where the ghosts of heroines exist and who, in turn, allow her to exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text embodies the capacity of literature to name and welcome both the personal introspection and social analysis of its theme. Through a prism of ideas, quotes and poetry, this book asks what does it mean to succeed in life? \u003cem\u003eThirty\u003c\/em\u003e assembles vignettes, from popular culture and literature, which form a contemporary litany that is glaringly real. By taking a critical look at her pain, Darsigny methodically dissects its manifestations until her last breath. \u003cem\u003eThirty\u003c\/em\u003e flirts with anti-happiness rhetoric and is an invigorating tribute and addition to ‘Bad Girl’ literature. Using humor and self-mockery, \u003cem\u003eThirty\u003c\/em\u003e speaks freely and vulnerably about mental illness and suicide. In the end, \u003cem\u003eThirty\u003c\/em\u003e emerges as a text that confronts both the pressure to be “a good girl” and the pressure to be happy. “I wanted to buy into the promise of happiness, but I’m too poor…” It resists these tropes, but does it survive them?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in French by Éditions du remue-ménage,\u003cem\u003eThirty\u003c\/em\u003e is now available in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darsigny Marie (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Metatron Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-06-15","offer_id":44187284898047,"sku":"9781988355283","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7e679840-e820-40fa-96d9-d2acdcbcbd23.jpg?v=1695188746","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781988355283","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}