Виржини Депант
Список книг автора Виржини ДепантApocalypse Baby
"Virginie Despentes's Apocalypse Baby kept me up several nights in a row—in part because it's a terrific page-turner, and in part because I was anxious to see how Despentes would sustain her narrative ride. Apocalypse Baby is more than a compelling punk, queerish spin on the noir genre. It is a choral performance that tumbles its readers into the heart of violent spectacle, with all its attendant grief, unease, and unclarity."—Maggie Nelson, author of The ArgonautsApocalypse 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 point of invisible—sidekick. As their desperate search unfolds, they interrogate a suspicious cast of characters, and the dark heart of contemporary youth culture is exposed.
Pretty Things
Stunning Claudine and gloomy Pauline pretend to be one person so that Claudine can be famous, but just as things take off, Claudine commits suicide. Pauline hatches a new scheme, taking on her dead sister’s identity, inhabiting her apartment, and reading her emails—slowly realizing the cost of femininity is to dazzle on the outside while rotting on the inside.
Кинг-Конг-Теория
В этой книге откровенных, яростных и смешных эссе Виржини Депант – по собственным словам, «больше Кинг-Конг, чем Кейт Мосс», – осмысляет жизнь современных женщин, критикует буржуазную мораль в отношении секса и раздает пощечины французскому обществу одну за другой. Используя собственный опыт пережитого насилия и проституции как отправную точку для анализа, она становится голосом тех, кто не может и не хочет подчиняться правилам.