Download or read book Across the Acheron written by Monique Wittig and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Across The Acheron, Wittig describes an extraordinary journey through the infernal regions towards a paradisaical land. Angels ride motorcycles and cruelty and suffering are unknown on the other side of the Acheron, the legendary river of sorrows. Wittig reveals her poetic, sometimes humorous story in a vivid and highly individual style, creating a kaleidoscopic mixture of the mythological and the modern. Across The Acheron confirmed Wittig's position as one of France's most original and gifted writers of the twentieth century.