Violette Leduc

'Violette Leduc's novels are works of genius and also a bit peculiar' Deborah Levy, from the introduction An old woman lives alone in a tiny attic flat in Paris, counting out coffee beans every morning beneath the roar of the overhead metro. Starving, she spends her days walking around the city, each step a bid for recognition of her own existence. She rides crowded metro carriages to feel the warmth of other bodies, and watches the hot batter of pancakes drip from the hands of street-sellers. One morning she awakes with an urgent need to taste an orange; but when she rummages in the bins she finds instead a discarded fox fur scarf. The little fox fur becomes the key to her salvation, the friend who changes her lonely existence into a playful world of her own invention. The Lady and the Little Fox Fur is a stunning portrait of Paris, of the invisibility we all feel in a big city, and ultimately of the hope and triumph of a woman who reclaims her place in the world. '[Leduc] can capture the smells of a country childhood, dazzle with the lights of the Place de la Concorde or make you feel the silky slither of her eel-grey suit' Observer 'This book is as richly humane as anything else you're likely to read' Independent 'A forceful affirmation of the human spirit' Guardian

Scritto nel 1954 a Parigi, "Thérèse e Isabelle" era talmente scioccante per la morale dell'epoca (anche per quella della "liberale" Francia) che venne immediatamente censurato. L'edizione di oggi rip

Inédita en castellano, la controvertida novela autobiográfica de Violette Leduc, autora de culto alabada por Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus y Jean Genet, entre otros. El internado ha sido el escen

In a small French town, a young girl grows up under the hard blue gaze of a mother who will not hold her hand. Her only comfort lies in the warmth of an ill grandmother. Yet the world around her is full of curiosity. From the obsessive Madame Barbaroux and her endless spring cleaning, to the homeless Monsieur Dezaille and his beloved collection of saucepans, Leduc reveals the eccentricities of provincial life with unflinching candour and striking beauty.An extraordinary tale of a stifled childhood and an unrelenting love of life from the protegee of Simone de Beauvoir.

"Les partis ne vous ont pas manqué. Vous avez toujours refusé. Pourquoi ? On ne le saura jamais." Ainsi parle à Mademoiselle Clarisse – cinquante-quatre ans – un client de son café-épicerie-mercerie

"Je ne me lasse pas du même menu : tomates fraîches, charcuterie, vache qui rit, pêche, chocolat menier, citron pressé ou bien vin rouge selon ma tempérance ou mon intempérance. Mon dos à midi cherch

Pensé comme un roman de formation et d’émancipation, l’ouvrage retrace l’itinéraire amoureux de Thérèse, l’alter ego de Violette Leduc, de l’adolescence à la maturité. Thérèse aime Isabelle, puis Céc

« Mon cas n'est pas unique : j'ai peur de mourir et je suis navrée d'être au monde. Je n'ai pas travaillé, je n'ai pas étudié. J'ai pleuré, j'ai crié. Les larmes et les cris m'ont pris beaucoup de temps [...]. Le passé ne nourrit pas. Je m'en irai comme je suis arrivée. Intacte, chargée de mes défauts qui m'ont torturée. J'aurais voulu naître statue, je suis une limace sous mon fumier. »

Violette Leduc s''est peinte et a raconté le début de sa vie dans La Batârde : son enfance à Valenciennes, entre sa mère et sa grand-mère. Le pensionnat, puis le lycée à Paris. Son travail comme secr

El febrer de 1945 Violette Leduc coneix Simone de Beauvoir i es desperta en ella una passió obsessiva que la porta al deliri, a l'adoració, al dolor de saber-se rebutjada per una deessa, i escriu L'Afamada como a unica ofrena acceptable del seu amor apassionat.

Violette Leducs novels are works of genius and also a bit peculiar Deborah Levy, from the introductionAn old woman lives alone in a tiny attic flat in Paris, counting out coffee beans every morning beneath the roar of the overhead metro. Starving, she spends her days walking around the city, each step a bid for recognition of her own existence. She rides crowded metro carriages to feel the warmth of other bodies, and watches the hot batter of pancakes drip from the hands of street-sellers. One morning she awakes with an urgent need to taste an orange; but when she rummages in the bins she finds instead a discarded fox fur scarf. The little fox fur becomes the key to her salvation, the friend who changes her lonely existence into a playful world of her own invention. The Lady and the Little Fox Fur is a stunning portrait of Paris, of the invisibility we all feel in a big city, and ultimately of the hope and triumph of a woman who reclaims her place in the world.A moving, beautiful and authentic classic. We must be grateful to the Penguin European Writers series, a precious venture in these dark times, for bringing it back to us. John Banville, Booker prize-winning author of The SeaThe great French feminist writer we need to rememberGuardian

Filha bastarda criada por uma mãe solteira e terrivelmente rígida, Violette Leduc é, ela mesma, a protagonista desta que é considerada a sua obra-prima. Aqui está uma mulher diante de si, que retoma

"El pasado no te da de comer. Me iré como he llegado. Intacta, acusando de mis faltas a quienes me torturaron. Me hubiera gustado nacer estatua, soy una babosa debajo de mi estiércol".Un autorretrato obsesivo y revelador de una mujer notable humillada por las circunstancias de su nacimiento y por su apariencia fisica.Cuando se publico por primera vez, La Bastarda obtuvo las comparaciones de Violette Leduc con Jean Genet por la descripcion franca de sus escapadas sexuales y su comportamiento inmoral.Una obra confesional que contiene retratos de varios autores y autoras franceses famosos, este libro es mas que una memoria centelleante. El brillante estilo de escritura de Leduc y su atencion al lenguaje transforman esta autobiografia en una obra de arte.

"El pasado no te da de comer. Me iré como he llegado. Intacta, acusando de mis faltas a quienes me torturaron. Me hubiera gustado nacer estatua, soy una babosa debajo de mi estiércol". Un autorretra