Alice Jardine, "At the Risk of Thinking: An Intellectual Biography of Julia Kristeva" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
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Oh, Christeva, How She Went Off to Paris?
Christeva Mikhaeli moved from bulgaria to France in 19 65 with five dollars. She found it very difficult to learn a new language and adapt to French culture. But she was able to find her way thanks to mentors such as roland bact, emile ben benise or philip solevs. The rest is literature; she never stopped working on the novel until late 70s.
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