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Asphyxia by Violette Leduc, Derek Coltman is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Asphyxia about?

An extraordinary tale of a stifled childhood and an unrelenting love of life from the protégée of Simone de Beauvoir.'Indisputably a brilliant writer'Evening Standard In a small French town, a young girl grows up under the hard blue gaze of a mother who will not hold her hand. Her only comfort lies in the warmth of her ill grandmother. Yet the world around her is humming with curiosity. From the obsessive Madame Barbaroux and her endless spring cleaning, to the homeless Monsieur Dezaille and his beloved collection of saucepans, Leduc exposes the eccentricities of provincial life with unflinching candour and striking beauty.

Author

Violette Leduc, Derek Coltman

Publisher

Gallic Books, Limited

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781913547080

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Biography

Rating

3.6 / 5 (36 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14