La Bâtarde by Violette Leduc

La Bâtarde

Violette Leduc

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. First published in translation by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1965), most recent paperback by Riverhead (1997).

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Genre Autobiography/Biography; Award Winner; Grier Rated
Copyright Date 1965
Publication Date Oct-66
Publisher Dell
Format Mass Market Paperback
No. of Pages 512
Award Publishing Triangle’s 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels
Notes Dell Book 4609
Language English
Rating Great
Original Language
Award Publishing Triangle’s 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels
Subject Biography & Autobiography / Literary; Literary Criticism / European / French; Literary Criticism / Women Authors; Novelists, French; Social Science / Women’s Studies
BookID 853

Author: LFWBooks