Paris, Encre, 366 pages. Shocked by the disappearance of Simone de Beauvoir in 1986, in this book Françoise insisted on describing for us the one whose The Second Sex had marked her so much. The friendship that united them, Beauvoir's literary work and his intimate...
Paris, Encre, 238 pages. 1873. Louise Michel, sentenced to deportation, arrives in New Caledonia, where she will stay for seven years. In this island which was not yet conquered by the military, her fortitude allowed her to find great joy in the luxuriant nature and...
Paris, Encre, 233 pages. Note: Awaiting annotation.
Paris, Encre, 235 pages. Note: Awaiting annotation.
Paris, Encre, 309 pages. Daughter of an Alsatian innkeeper and former Napoleonic grenader, Antoinette Lix (1839-1909) received an unconventional education in horseback riding and weapons handling. She took part in the Polish uprising against the Russian occupiers and,...
Paris, Encre, 278 pages. "I am an assassin. More than an assassin: a demon, a ferocious animal, a being who draws its life only from the blood of others, like vampires... I've killed twenty-seven people, most of them women; always in the dark, at dusk." These are the...
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Paris, Denoël/Gonthier, 286 pages This 1982 novel tells the story of an Amazon, Thécla, who, after drinking a certain potion, goes through time and encounters great moments in history. For the first time, the myth of immortality is embodied by a woman. This prodigious...
Encre, Paris, 264 pages. Françoise traces the complex destiny of Madame Mao Zedong, from teenage actress to power-hungry woman who was "the first woman in the world to rule over so many men". Between the courageous revolutionary and the bloody imprincess, her story is...