Virginie Despentes

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Bye Bye Blondie

Beschreibung

Psychiatric institutions and class difference doom two young lovers from the start in this dark romantic comedy.

Autor

Virginie Despentes is a writer, filmmaker, and noted French feminist critic. She is the author of many award-winning books, including King Kong Theory, Apocalypse Baby (winner of the 2010 Prix Renaudot), and the Vernon Subutex trilogy (shortlisted for the 2018 International Booker Prize). She co-directed the screen adaptations of her controversial novels Baise-Moi  and Bye Bye Blondie, and served as screenwriter for the adaptation of her novel Pretty Things. Sian Reynolds has translated many books on French history, including most of the works of Fernand Braudel. Recent translations include fiction by Virginie Despentes, Antonin Varenne and French crime novelist, Fred Vargas. Four Vargas translations have been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger (2006, 2007, 2009, 2013). She is professor emerita of French at the University of Stirling, Scotland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Feminist Press
• Seitenzahl: 365
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 141mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 311g
• ISBN-13: 9781558619272
• ISBN-10: 1558619275
• Artikelnr.: 43893295