Stigmata collects some of Helene Cixous' most intriguing meditations. A unique book, it is a testimony to an extraordinary writer.

Hélène Cixous (1937- ) Born in Algeria, Cixous spent her childhood in France. Known for her experimental writing that crosses the traditional limits of academic discourse into poetic language, she is equally well known for her work in education and as a novelist and a playwright.

Reading in painting 1 Bathsheba or the interior Bible 2 Without end, no, State of drawingness, no, rather: The Executioner's taking Off, Ringing in the feminine hour 3 In October 1991... 4 Hiss of the axe 5 What is it o'clock? or The door (we never enter) 6 Love of the wolf 7 'Mamãe, disse ele,' or Joyce's second hand Going off writing 8 Unmasked! 9 Writing blind: conversation with the donkey 10 My Algeriance, in other words: to depart not to arrive from Algeria From my menagerie to Philosophy 11 Shared at dawn 12 Stigmata, or Job the dog