Asphyxia by Violette Leduc

Asphyxia by Violette Leduc

The extraordinary first novel from Violette Leduc, praised by Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean Genet.

'Violette Leduc is an exceptional writer, and one of the most extraordinary women ever to have written about herself' TLS

'Indisputably a brilliant writer' Evening Standard

'Like Colette she has a wonderful feeling for all kinds of sensual happiness' Daily Mail

'There are no adjectives for MlleLeduc's work, beyond the obvious one, astonishing. To read her is to be astonished by the experience of an enlarged world' New York Times Book Review

'What distinguishes this book, beyond the acuity of the emotion, is the sharpness and closeness of the observation with which the little daughter regards her own town' The Scotsman

'The real strength of the book lies in the atmosphere of sheer ordinariness it manages to evoke' The Observer

Violette Leduc was born in Arras, France, in 1907, the illegitimate daughter of a serving girl who would later blame Violette for her personal misfortunes. She was sent to boarding school, from which she was eventually expelled after her affairs with a female pupil and a tutor were discovered. Her 1964 memoir La Bü¾Œ¦”¼tarde, a frank depiction of lesbianism, poverty and loneliness, sold over 150,000 copies and nearly won the Prix Goncourt. Leduc died in 1972.

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ISBN 13	9781913547059
ISBN 10	1913547051
Title	Asphyxia
Author	Violette Leduc
Series	Editions Gallic
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gallic Books
Year published	2020-12-03
Number of pages	144
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