Mad in pursuit.
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| Author / Creator: | Leduc, Violette, 1907-1972 |
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| Uniform title: | Folie en tête. English |
| Imprint: | New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux [1971] |
| Description: | 351 p. 25 cm. |
| Language: | English French |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2154941 |
| Summary: | With La Batarde, Violette Leduc described a turbulent Paris of World War II--where she struggled to survive, to create an identity, and to find a voice.In the second remarkable volume of her life story, Mad In Pursuit, the war is finally over. A new generation of writers has appeared in Paris, among them Camus, Genet, Sartre, and Cocteau, and every day, they can be seen writing at the marble-topped tables of the Cafe de Flore. Already in her thirties, Leduc burns with hero-worship and an obsession to become a celebrated writer herself. When she finds a mentor in none other than Simone de Beauvoir, she is pulled into the center of Parisian literary life--"a beehive gone mad." In the no-holds-barred style that made her a legend, Leduc paints a vibrant picture of the brilliant minds around her--and the dark passions and insecurities that drove her to write. |
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| Item Description: | Autobiographical. Translation of La folie en tête. |
| Physical Description: | 351 p. 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0374195080 |