Exilée and Temps Morts: Selected Works, by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, edited and with an introduction by Constance M. Lewallen

In her radical exploration of cultural and personal identity, the writer and artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha sought “the roots of language before it is born on the tip of the tongue.” Her first book, the highly original postmodern text Dictee, published in 1982, is considered a classic work of autobiography. This stunning selection of her uncollected and hitherto unpublished work brings together Cha’s writings and text-based pieces with images spanning the period between 1976 and 1980. The volume includes two related poem sequences, Exilée and Temps Morts, major texts incorporating autobiographical elements as well as themes of language, memory, displacement, and alienation. These moving works give a fuller view of the creative nexus out of which Dictee emerged and attest to the singular literary achievement of a major figure in late-twentieth century art.



$60, hardcover; $24.95, paperback
288 pages, 145 black-and-white illustrations
University of California Press, 2009

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