BastardAn 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. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 27 |
Section 3 | 28 |
Section 4 | 35 |
Section 5 | 36 |
Section 6 | 37 |
Section 7 | 39 |
Section 8 | 40 |
Section 22 | 136 |
Section 23 | 140 |
Section 24 | 171 |
Section 25 | 181 |
Section 26 | 206 |
Section 27 | 251 |
Section 28 | 271 |
Section 29 | 278 |
Section 9 | 43 |
Section 10 | 50 |
Section 11 | 61 |
Section 12 | 62 |
Section 13 | 66 |
Section 14 | 78 |
Section 15 | 81 |
Section 16 | 102 |
Section 17 | 106 |
Section 18 | 111 |
Section 19 | 113 |
Section 20 | 124 |
Section 21 | 127 |
Section 30 | 300 |
Section 31 | 329 |
Section 32 | 340 |
Section 33 | 365 |
Section 34 | 376 |
Section 35 | 384 |
Section 36 | 425 |
Section 37 | 445 |
Section 38 | 456 |
Section 39 | 485 |
Section 40 | |
Section 41 | |
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