Synopsis:

Violette's Embrace is a multi-layered novel that evokes the remarkable life of Violette Leduc, a brilliant stylist hailed as "France's greatest unknown writer." She was a contemporary of de Beauvoir, Sartre, Camus, and Cocteau, and regarded as "a female Genet" by her admirers and critics alike. A lonely tortured woman, Leduc, who in the face of unrequited passion, longed only for love in the form of literary esteem.

Book Excerpt:

I flew to Paris to find a dead writer. On the airplane, in the bag on my lap, I carried a lilac-colored copy of La Batard. It was tattered and underlined, with red paper wrappings from chopsticks marking the pages. Many years ago, I has found this used copy in an old bookstore on Broadway in New York. The writer, Violette Leduc, wrote on an edge that reminded me of<--> myself. I bought it for a dollar and devoured it forever.

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Topics/Categories:

Jewish in America, Violette Leduc

Type of Work:

Novel

Publishers:

Riverhead Books

Purchase From:

Amazon.com

Original Publish Date:

January 19, 1996

Formats and associated ISBNs:

1573220361

Formats:

Hardcover Trade Paper

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