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LA Batarde: (The Bastard) (French Literature Series (Normal, Ill.).)

3 reviews
Violette Leduc

Dalkey Archive Press, 2003

If you love relentless self-consciousness
Violette Leduc invented her own poetics of solitude. Her writings are the ravings of a mad schoolgirl, feverishly and sensually neurotic, and achingly romantic. As unhappy as Violette claims to be, you want to be her, to have her heights of perception, and to desire as intensely as she does. If you like it light and breezy, skip this writer. But if you like to take that queasy peek behind ...

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur (Peter Owen Modern Classics) (Peter Owen Modern Classics)
Violette Leduc

Peter Owen Ltd, 2008

Released in 1967, this volume from Leduc features a lonely old woman whom life has forgotten. To fill the empty gaps in her existence, she begins giving personalities and even voices to everyday objects. More for the lit crowd."" LJ, Classic Returns 10/15/07

Mad in Pursuit

1 review
Violette Leduc

Riverhead Trade, 1999

Intense & gratifying descent
Like her "La Batarde", Leduc delves into her psyche and chronicles her moods, obsessions, and madness for the nuggets of insight they can contain. With astonishing honesty and ability, she serves us a remarkable and lush memoir of a writer plagued by self-doubt. Another fascinating aspect of the book is Violette's one-sided love affair with Simone de Beauvoir, and Violette's friendships with ...