There is a cluster of letters above the thick, black brows: L I T E R A L I T E R L I. The right side of the face is all but gone and the left side is shadowed. In the lower right corner, the all-seeing eyes are rimmed with darkness. In the upper left corner is a complete image: wavy, parted hair, elfin ears, thick brows, otherworldly stare. And because, as a writer trying to fathom the mystery of my own existence, I have to look back to that young artist whose fears and desires shaped the life I have now.Īffixed to a square piece of poster board is a smaller square of yellowed paper a quadrant showing the pointillist face of Kafka in four phases of dissolution. The message it transmits is no longer one I want to reiterate to myself, but I have left this little creation out, within view, because I still love Kafka. If others follow her, it just might.Sitting on the chest of drawers in my bedroom is a simple collage I made over a quarter century ago, after getting my heart broken. It's been said that, if one woman told the truth, the world would split open. Leah Lax lived that life, yet has the spirit, courage and honesty to tell her story. All over the world are women whose bodies are covered, not by their own decision, but by one of the many patriarchal religions that by definition rule their wombs. “In Uncovered, Leah Lax tells a personal story that millions of women can recognize.
Lev Raphael, author of My Germany: A Jewish Author Returns to the World His Parents Escaped Dramatic, revelatory, deeply moving, and ultimately inspiring, this is a truly one-of-a kind memoir about the universal longing to discover, nurture, and celebrate one’s authentic self.” Written in poetic prose whose color and savor will linger long after you finish the book, this memoir makes the flickering appeal of a life of inflexible rules as seductively clear as it is claustrophobic-a remarkable achievement. “Absolutely stunning! With memorable, passionate detail, Leah Lax recounts a unique search for wholeness and healing that paradoxically plunged her into the quicksand of shame.
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