by Marie Darrieussecq · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070403073
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«Truismes» is the novel by Marie Darrieussecq published by Folio in paperback format (148 pages, in French).
The narrator, who works in a perfume shop, undergoes a gradual transformation into a sow while her social and political environment falls apart. Between grotesque adventures and encounters with figures of power, the novel combines magical realism, social satire and a critique of gender expectations. A stark fable about identity and the corruption of a society obsessed with purity.
Novel by French writer Marie Darrieussecq, originally published in 1996. This French-language edition is part of the Folio collection (number 3065).
For readers of contemporary literary fiction seeking a provocative fable with black humor and a feminist and political undertone.
Marie Darrieussecq is a French writer. She is also a translator, and has practised as a psychoanalyst.
