I Remember Her

A wonderful translation of a rare classic of passionate lesbian love.
—Diana Souhami

In the piercing twilit beauty of Natalie Barney’s prose poem we recover l’Amazone not just as a pivotal catalyst of Modernism, but as a vital creative force as well. Suzanne Stroh’s lustrous translation captures all the passion and intimacy of this timeless entreaty, eruditely contextualised in the afterword.
—James J. Conway, translator of Berlin’s Third Sex by Magnus Hirschfeld

An outstanding translation of Natalie Barney’s most passionate and persuasive writing—prose poems and essays never intended for publication, but designed to win back a lover. Suzanne Stroh, Barney scholar and translator, provides the historical background that enables full access to the lesbian drama. A significant contribution.
—Carolyn Gage, playwright

Suzanne Stroh’s captivating translation of I Remember Her lays bare the many complex layers of Barney’s love for Pauline Tarn (Renée Vivien). Radiance and joy, pain and suffering—it’s all there. Thanks to Stroh’s lean approach, the work has a fresh and contemporary feel. The Afterword offers new glimpses into the unknowable NCB.
—Suzanne Rodriguez, author of Wild Heart, A Life: Natalie Clifford Barney’s Journey from Victorian America to the Literary Salons of Paris