Présentation de l'éditeur
'This is the story of Bella, who woke up one morning and realized she'd had enough . . .'
Dark, violent and brutally funny, Dirty Weekend was hugely controversial when first published in 1991. It went on to become an international bestseller, was translated into thirteen languages and was made into a feature film.
Extracts from reviews:
This is a brave, brilliant and beautiful book. I wish I had written it - Julie Burchill
An act of writing that is avant-garde in the literal sense...a literary turning point - Naomi Wolf
Spare and stylish - Literary Review
As a piece of stylized thuggery -- mordant humour run riot -- the effect is stunning - Marie Claire
Zahavi upset a lot of people when this book was published. Not surprisingly, really. You can't break taboos and expect people to like you for it . . . Her story is one of sexual violence, perversion and murder, but it is also terribly funny, with some marvellous dialogue - The Sunday Times
Don't come looking for Jane Austen, but if you can stand the ride you may enjoy Zahavi's free-skating wit on very thin ice - GQ
Deadpan in style, shocking in content. Every moral and emotional preconception is subjected to a literary assault and battery. The polished rhythms and frightening finesse of the prose leave you stunned - The Daily Telegraph
Dark, violent and brutally funny, Dirty Weekend was hugely controversial when first published in 1991. It went on to become an international bestseller, was translated into thirteen languages and was made into a feature film.
Extracts from reviews:
This is a brave, brilliant and beautiful book. I wish I had written it - Julie Burchill
An act of writing that is avant-garde in the literal sense...a literary turning point - Naomi Wolf
Spare and stylish - Literary Review
As a piece of stylized thuggery -- mordant humour run riot -- the effect is stunning - Marie Claire
Zahavi upset a lot of people when this book was published. Not surprisingly, really. You can't break taboos and expect people to like you for it . . . Her story is one of sexual violence, perversion and murder, but it is also terribly funny, with some marvellous dialogue - The Sunday Times
Don't come looking for Jane Austen, but if you can stand the ride you may enjoy Zahavi's free-skating wit on very thin ice - GQ
Deadpan in style, shocking in content. Every moral and emotional preconception is subjected to a literary assault and battery. The polished rhythms and frightening finesse of the prose leave you stunned - The Daily Telegraph
Quatrième de couverture
Un beau jour, Bella en eut marre, marre de toujours être la victime, marre de toujours avoir peur, marre des désirs des mecs... Elle se mit à les tuer... D'abord ce voisin vicieux qui la persécutait, puis un autre, rencontré par hasard, et qui aurait bien aimé la plier à ses caprices... Et cela lui a t'ait tant de bien, cela l'a tant soulagée, qu'elle réclame pourquoi elle a attendu si longtemps... Et réclame pour les femmes le droit à la violence aveugle.
