by Marie Darrieussecq · ISBN 9782744106835
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«Truismes» is the novel by Marie Darrieussecq published in French by France Loisirs in 1997.
The narrative follows a young woman who works in a perfumery and whose life changes completely when she begins to turn into a sow. As her body moves away from the conventional, the protagonist faces rejection and her own identity, in a fable with a satirical tone about desire, femininity and contemporary social demands.
Truismes was originally published in 1996; the present France Loisirs edition is from 1997. The text is in French.
Readers of contemporary French narrative interested in satirical fables with social and gender critique.
Marie Darrieussecq is a French writer. She is also a translator, and has practised as a psychoanalyst.
