La Batarde by Violette Leduc

La Batarde

French Literature

Violette Leduc with Derek Coltman (Translator)

638 pages first pub 1964 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics lgbtqia+ emotional reflective slow-paced

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 pass...

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Moods

emotional 83%
reflective 83%
challenging 66%
sad 66%
dark 33%
tense 33%
informative 16%

Pace

slow 85%
medium 14%

Average rating

3.88

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