La Batarde

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ISBN9781628974577
AuthorsViolette LeDuc
PublisherDalkey Archive Press
FormatPaperback
Weight (kg)0.862
Publishing Date10/08/2023
Price (excl. tax)€18.87
Tax€1.13
Price (incl. tax)€20.00
Availability3 units in external warehouse

Product Description

An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La Bâtarde 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 Bâtarde 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.