Early Mourning: On Chantal Akerman’s “My Mother Laughs”
Daniel Fraser looks at the most recent translation of Chantal Akerman’s “My Mother Laughs” as a work about motherhood, illness, and language.
Daniel Fraser is a writer from Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. His poetry and prose have featured in: Los Angeles Review of Books, Aeon, Acumen, X-R-A-Y, Entropy, The London Magazine, and Dublin Review of Books among others. He was awarded 3rd prize in The London Magazine 2019 Poetry Competition. His website is http://danieljamesfraser.wordpress.com/.
Daniel Fraser looks at the most recent translation of Chantal Akerman’s “My Mother Laughs” as a work about motherhood, illness, and language.
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