La Batarde (Dalkey Archive Essentials)

LeDuc, Violette

ISBN 10: 1628974575 / ISBN 13: 9781628974577

Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: La Batarde (Dalkey Archive Essentials)
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1628974575
• ISBN 13: 9781628974577
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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

About the Authors

Violette Leduc (1907-1972) has been referred to as "France's greatest unknown writer." Admired by Jean Genet, Nathalie Sarraute, and Albert Camus, Leduc was championed by Simone de Beauvoir when she published her scandalous autobiography La Batarde (1964). Like Therese and Isabelle, many of her audacious novels are largely inspired by her life. She is the subject of Martin Provost's biopic, Violette (2013).

Derek Coltman has translated such French works as Marie-Claire Blais s A Season in the Life of Emmanuel, Jean Varenne s Yoga and the Hindu Tradition, and Violette Leduc's La Batarde. He lives in England.