In Search of a Face

Originally written in French and Occitan, this narrative poem unfolds at a time that precedes Homer’s tale. Explaining why She has no name, Aurélia Lassaque tells us “her name is unknown, for her story has been subsumed in his story and the rewritings of history”. But although ‘She’ has no name, Aurélia gives her a voice in Occitan, through which we re-encounter perennial themes of love a...