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Virginie Despentes and her social origins

Publication date 07/10/1998 From €100.00

Virginie Despentes

After an interview with Sophie CALLE, Virginie DESPENTES is interviewed by Philippe LEFAIT around her third novel, "Les jolies choses" published by Grasset. The hard world, she knows, everything happened to her. She also wants to have a good life, not a rotten one. "Where I come from, it takes courage to write books". She evokes on this occasion her social origins, her life journey in contrast to that of the artist Sophie CALLE and the differences of social class with the elite and the literary milieu she has been working with since her first successes.

Virginie Despentes on social relations in France

Publication date 07/10/1998 From €100.00

Virginie Despentes

Virginie DESPENTES is interviewed by Philippe LEFAIT about her third novel, "Les jolies choses" published by Grasset, a new great publisher for the writer since her literary successes. She evokes the violence of the social relationships evoked in her novels, she would like everyone to be recognized at the height of his competences in society and not according to his social origins affluent or not. At the end of the interview, filmmaker Guillaume NICLOUX is asked about the possibility for Virginie DESPENTES to play one of the characters of the series "Le poulpe".

Virginie Despentes on the peculiarities of her writing and her literary style

Publication date 07/10/1998 From €100.00

Virginie Despentes

After reading an extract of her latest novel "Les jolies choses" by Philippe LEFAIT, Virginie DESPENTES is interviewed about this third book published by Grasset and her very particular literary style that she claims. His book evokes the story of two twin sisters opposite: one, a "lady", the other "a whore" and the confusion it causes. The writer evokes the word of actress Anouck GRINBERG about the media, "a big mental orgy" and her hopes of changing society, "all hopes are allowed", an expression on which the actor Jean Pierre DARROUSIN bounces.

Virginie Despentes on rape and sexuality

Publication date 18/09/2004 From €100.00

Virginie Despentes

Virginie DESPENTES, guest of Tea or coffee for her book "Bye Bye Blondie", testifies on her rape and the feeling of solitude that followed. She also talks about sex between men/women and domination relationships.

Virginie Despentes on her anger

Publication date 09/10/1998 From €100.00

Virginie Despentes

Virginie DESPENTES, invited on the Bouillon plateau of culture for her novel "Les jolies choses", expresses her anger and her revolt towards the men she has frequented in certain circles and feels she has to settle accounts with the desire of man. She thinks it is urgent as a woman, to recover a mix of sexual and social power.

Virginie Despentes on feminism

Publication date 25/04/1996 From €100.00

Virginie Despentes

Laure ADLER receives Virginie DESPENTES on the occasion of the release of her 2nd novel "Les chiennes savantes" whose action takes place in a Peep show. She talks about the relationship between men and women today and the conquests of feminism such as the right to abortion and contraception.

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