Book Details
Format
Paperback
Language
German
Published
Jan 1, 2006
Publisher
Wagenbach
ISBN-10
3803125405
ISBN-13
9783803125408
Description
Published in Paris in 1946 as a hardboiled thriller loaded with sex and blood, allegedly censored in the US and "translated" into French, I Spit On Your Graves was both a pure mystification and direct home to American literature and movies. More deeply, it was a violent attack on racism by a jazz fan who had already befriended many black musicians and was to become the closest French friend of Ellington, Davis, and Parker. Find out why this young author outstripped sales of Malraux, Camus, Sartre, and de Beauvoir when it appeared in France... and continues to scandalize today. With an introduction by Marc Lapprand.
Genres
Mystery