La Batarde = The Bastard

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.

Author: Violette Leduc
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 07/01/2003
Pages: 488
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.35w x 1.34d
ISBN13: 9781564782892
ISBN10: 1564782891
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

About the Author

The illigitimate daughter of a servant girl, Violette Leduc started writing at the urging of Maurice Sachs and Simone de Beauvoir. Her first novel ("In the Prison of Her Skin") was published by Albert Camus for ?ditions Gallimard and earned her praise from Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Cocteau, and Jean Genet. She went on to write eight more books, including "Ravages," "L'Affam?e," and "Mad in Pursuit," the second part of her literary autobiography.