1983 : À la limite des ténèbres

by | Updated on 18/10/2024 | Published on 05/08/1983 | 1980-1995, I was not born to die, 2.1 Bibliographies, Miscellaneous novels

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 words of the doomed hero of one of the most incredible crime stories in the annals of crime.

Françoise d’Eaubonne endeavored to paint the intimate tragedy of this schizophrenic character, the evolution between genius and madness of the dark forces of mental disorder. He will end up exhausting his own violence and become, bitterly, the spectator of his delirium.

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1982 : Je ne suis pas née pour mourir

by | Updated on 18/10/2024 | Published on 05/08/1982 | 1980-1995, I was not born to die, 2.1 Bibliographies, Historical novels

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 adventure novel leads us to meet Alexander the Great, to the discovery of America by the Vikings, to the formidable machines designed by Leonardo da Vinci, to the war in Vendée,… up to Nazism and then to May-68.

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1981 : L’impératrice Rouge : Moi, Jiang Quing, veuve Mao

by | Updated on 17/12/2025 | Published on 07/08/1981 | 1980-1995, I was not born to die, 2.1 Bibliographies, Fictional biographies

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 told in the first person.

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