THE WORDS TO SAY IT
an autobiographical novel
Marie Cardinal
translated by Pat Goodheart
'As near perfect as a novel can be'
Bruno Bettelheim
Marie Cardinal's groundbreaking book was the first and remains the definitive book about the personal experience of psychoanalysis. It reveals her traumatic childhood and institutionalisation, followed by her escape to the cul-de-sac where her analyst lived. There, for many years, she made the journey towards recovery through Freudian psychoanalysis. A worldwide bestseller, translated into eighteen languages, it remains one of the most acclaimed books of our era.
Marie Cardinal
the distinguished French novelist, was born in Algeria in 1929. She studied philosophy in Paris and has taught at the Universities of Salonika, Lisbon and Montreal. Her first novel Ecoutez la Mer won the Prix International du Premier Roman. Since then she has written many other books. Marie Cardinal has three children and divides her time between France and Canada.
Pat Goodheart
the translator, was a founding editor of Canto and is a novelist.