La bastarda

The past doesn't feed you. I will leave as I have arrived. Intact, accusing those who tortured me of my faults. I would have liked to be born a statue, I am a slug under my dung. "An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance. When it was first published, ?La Bastarda? obtained the Violette Leduc's comparisons to Jean Genet for the frank description of her sexual escapades and her 'immoral' behavior. A confessional work containing portraits of various famous French authors, this book is more than a glittering memory. The brilliant writing style de Leduc and his attention to language transform this autobiography into a work of art.