Batarde (French Literature)

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Release Year
2003
ISBN
9781564782892
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN-10
1564782891
ISBN-13
9781564782892
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2444243

Product Key Features

Book Title
Batarde
Number of Pages
488 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women Authors, European / French, Women's Studies, Literary
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Violette Leduc
Book Series
French Literature Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
22.2 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-041532
Reviews
Whoever speaks to us from the depths of his loneliness speaks to us of ourselves. In La B'tarde, a woman is descending into the most secret part of herself and telling us about all she finds there with an unflinching sincerity, as though there were no one listening., Whoever speaks to us from the depths of his loneliness speaks to us of ourselves. In La B'tarde , a woman is descending into the most secret part of herself and telling us about all she finds there with an unflinching sincerity, as though there were no one listening., "La Batarde is one of the most extraordinry books to have come out of France in some time." -- Kirkus Reviews, "La Batarde is one of the most extraordinry books to have come out of France in some time."--Kirkus Reviews
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College Graduate Student
Synopsis
An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La B'tarde relates Violette Leduc's long search for her own identity through a series of agonizing and passionate love affairs with both men and women.When first published, La B'tarde earned Violette Leduc comparisons to Jean Genet for the frank depiction of her sexual escapades and immoral behavior. A confession that contains portraits of several famous French authors, this book is more than just a scintillating memoir--like that of Henry Miller, Leduc's brilliant writing style and attention to language transform this autobiography into a work of art., An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La Batarde relates Violette Leduc s long search for her own identity through a series of agonizing and passionate love affairs with both men and women. When first published, La Batarde earned Violette Leduc comparisons to Jean Genet for the frank depiction of her sexual escapades and immoral behavior. A confession that contains portraits of several famous French authors, this book is more than just a scintillating memoir like that of Henry Miller, Leduc s brilliant writing style and attention to language transform this autobiography into a work of art.", An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La B tarde relates Violette Leduc's long search for her own identity through a series of agonizing and passionate love affairs with both men and women. When first published, La B tarde earned Violette Leduc comparisons to Jean Genet for the frank depiction of her sexual escapades and immoral behavior. A confession that contains portraits of several famous French authors, this book is more than just a scintillating memoir--like that of Henry Miller, Leduc's brilliant writing style and attention to language transform this autobiography into a work of art.
LC Classification Number
PQ2623.E3657B313

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