Lisa Appignanesi

Lisa Appignanesi was born in Poland and grew up in Paris and Montreal, before moving to Britain. A PhD in comparative literature, she was a university lecturer, and then, deputy director of London's Institute of Contemporary Arts.  She is the bestselling author of eight novels, including most recently, The Memory Man (Arcadia) and Sanctuary (Bantam), as well as of various works of non-fiction: the family memoir, Losing the Dead, Freud's Women (with John Forrester), now in a new edition (Phoenix), The Cabaret (Yale University Press) and Simone de Beauvoir (Haus). She is also a noted broadcaster, critic and cultural commentator: Freudian Slips can still be heard on the BBC Radio 4 website. Lisa Appignanesi lives in London and has two children. She is the Deputy President of English PEN, heads its No OFFENCE campaign, and is a Chevalier des arts et des lettres. 

''What gives this wonderfully sparse book its tension and grasp are the clashes between two movements - like two cymbals being brought together, the movement backwards of memory, and the movement forwards of consequences. And so it speaks history, and one cannot stop listening'' - John Berger, on The Memory Man.

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