In Je Nathanael, first published in 2006, Nathanael explores ways in which language constrains the body, shackles it to gender, and proposes instead a different way of reading, where words are hermaphroditic and transform desire in turn. Suggesting that one body conceals another, it lends an ear to this other body and delights in the anxiety it provokes. With parts written in French, other parts in English, this is truly a hybrid text, throwing itself into question as it acts upon itself in translation. It is both originator and recipient of its own echo. In this regard it does not, cannot exist, pulling insistently away from itself in an attempt to draw attention to the very things it seeks to conceal. In this way, Je Nathanael is a book of paradox, negating itself as it comes into being.

About the Author
NATHANAEL is the author of more than twenty books written in English or French. She lives in Chicago.


Book Information
ISBN 9781937658915
Author Nathanael
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Nightboat Books
Publisher Nightboat Books