The New Yorker
Remarkable ... filled with sudden anguished, tender phrases of sensual beauty.
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Women's Review of Books
"Notoriety aside, Leduc is first and foremost a first-rate writer. "
Book Description
An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, LA Bâtarde 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 Bâtarde was compared to the work of Jean Genet for the frank depiction of 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 or Charles Bukowski, Leduc’s brilliant writing style and attention to language transform this autobiography into a work of art.
Ingram Synopsis
In her second revealing memoir of literary Paris, Leduc shares her insights into a post-War Parisian scene dominated by the likes of Camus, Genet, Sartre, Cocteau, and Simone de Beauvoir, who became her mentor for a time. Original.
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About the author
The illegitimate daughter of a servant girl, Violette Leduc started writing at the urging of Maurice Sachs and Simone de Beauvoir. Her first novel (IN THE PRISON OF HER SKIN) was published by Albert Camus for Éditions Gallimard and earned her praise from Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Cocteau, and Jean Genet. She went on to write eight more books, including RAVAGES, L’AFFAMEE, and MAD IN PURSUIT, the second part of her literary autobiography.
