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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 fir... Read More about La Batarde (Dalkey Archive Essentials)

Two French schoolgirls discover obsessive pleasures in repressed secrets in this "masterpiece on the tyranny of love" (Independent, UK)."Violette Leduc was Simone de Beauvoir's protege, an erotic writer to match Jean Genet and a feminist tour de force" (Rafia Zakaria, The Guardian). With this start... Read More about Thérèse and Isabelle

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 fir... Read More about La Batarde = The Bastard (French Literature)

Trapped in the depths of poverty, an old woman escapes into an existence where objects, streets, and entire cities have voices and personalities. Told with a feather-light touch and masterful compassion, this is a story for those moments when we catch ourselves talking to the furniture.... Read More about The Lady and the Little Fox Fur