{"product_id":"our-life-in-the-forest-by-marie-darrieussecq","title":"‘Our Life in the Forest’ by Marie Darrieussecq","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIn a near-future society of bodily maintenance, surveillance and increasingly normalised technological intervention, a woman retreats to the forest and begins recording what has happened to her.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer body is failing in eerie, administered ways; elsewhere exists another woman, genetically identical to her, raised as a reserve of replacement organs. Darrieussecq writes with a clipped, unstable directness that suits the novel’s uncertainty. The narrator moves between confession, testimony and fractured recollection, trying to reconstruct the systems that shaped her while also escaping their logic. The forest is not romantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in French as \u003cem\u003eNotre vie dans les forêts\u003c\/em\u003e, the novel has the eerie efficiency of a thought experiment but keeps returning to something messier: the horror of being considered interchangeable with oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eText Publishing, Melbourne, 2018. First Australian edition. Paperback. Light shelf wear and minor rubbing to covers; internally clean and sound. Translated from the French by Penny Hueston.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46287234236499,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-15T153041.294.png?v=1789450258","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/our-life-in-the-forest-by-marie-darrieussecq","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}