Apocalypse Baby by Virginie Despentes, Siân Reynolds (Translator) Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.0 MBOverview: Apocalypse Baby is a smart, fast-paced mystery about a missing adolescent girl traveling through Paris and Barcelona. She is tailed by two mismatched private investigators: the Hyena, part ruthless interrogator, part oversexed rock star, and Lucie, her plain and passive—almost to the […]
Baise-Moi: The Basis For The Underground Hit Motion Picture by Virginie DespentesRequirements: .ePUB reader, 229KBOverview: Baise-Moi is one of the most controversial French novels of recent years, a punk fantasy that takes female rage to its outer limits. Now the basis for a hit underground film which was banned in France, Baise-Moi is a searing […]
Vernon Subutex (#2, #3) by Virginie DespentesRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1 MBOverview: Virginie Despentes is an award-winning author and filmmaker, and a noted French feminist and cultural critic. She is the award of many award-winning books, including King Kong Theory, Apocalypse Baby (winner of the 2010 Prix Renaudot), and Vernon Subutex (winner of the Anaïs-Nin Prize […]
King Kong Theorie by Virginie Despentes Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.0 MBOverview: With humor, rage, and confessional detail, Virginie Despentes–in her own words “more King Kong than Kate Moss”–delivers a highly charged account of women’s lives today. She explodes common attitudes about sex and gender, and shows how modern beauty myths are ripe for rebelling against. […]
Vernon Subutex, 1 (Vernon Subutex #1) by Virginie DespentesRequirements: .ePUB reader, 422 KBOverview: **SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018** WHO IS VERNON SUBUTEX? An urban legend. A fall from grace. The mirror who reflects us all. Vernon Subutex was once the proprietor of Revolver, an infamous music shop in Bastille. His legend spread throughout […]