Incest (novel)

Incest
2017 English edition
AuthorChristine Angot
Original titleL'inceste
TranslatorTess Lewis
LanguageFrench
PublisherStock, Steerforth Press
Publication date
1999
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
2017
Media typePrint, e-book
ISBN2234051487 First edition, French
OCLC43845765

Incest (French: L'inceste) is a 1999 autofiction novel by French author Christine Angot. It was translated into English by Tess Lewis in 2017. The story follows an anxious, depressed woman named Christine as she works through emotional turmoil following the end of her relationship with her lover and first lesbian partner Marie-Christine. Christine conveys her thoughts in a very disconnected manner as she discusses with readers the complicated relationships with her ex-lover, her ex-husband, her young daughter, and her father, who instigated an incestuous relationship with Christine when she was a teenager.