Mad in Pursuit

by Violette Leduc

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374195080
• ISBN13: 9780374195083
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Intense & gratifying descent

Like her "La Batarde", Leduc delves into her psyche and chronicles her moods, obsessions, and madness for the nuggets of insight they can contain. With astonishing honesty and ability, she serves us a remarkable and lush memoir of a writer plagued by self-doubt. Another fascinating aspect of the book is Violette's one-sided love affair with Simone de Beauvoir, and Violette's friendships with the varied famous of the time. This is a book to hold close and chew slowly.