Violette Noziere: A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris Paperback - 2011 - 1st Edition
by Sarah Maza
From the rear cover
"Sarah Maza has written a vivid, gripping and clear-eyed account of the celebrated Violette Nozi�re case, which captivated French society in the 1930s. A bold and imaginative story, Violette Nozi�re opens an unexpected and revealing window onto interwar Parisian life." -- Colin Jones, author of Paris: Biography of a City
"Sarah Maza's absorbing new book on Violette Nozi�re--flapper, fantasist, and perpetrator of one of the most sordid and sensational French homicides of the 1930s--is a scholarly 'true crime' tale of the most intelligent sort. Why might a seemingly respectable little mademoiselle from a 'nice' bourgeois family want to poison her maman et papa at the breakfast table? Alongside her riveting account of the crime and its aftermath, Maza investigates the various pathologies--familial, social, economic, cultural, psychosexual--that may have figured in the mayhem. (At her trial Nozi�re claimed, among other things, that her father had sexually abused her for years.) The result is both a fascinating case history--Greek tragedy rewritten as seedy policier--and a chilling glimpse into the less salubrious aspects of French lower middle-class life between the wars." -- Terry Castle, author of The Professor
"One of those rare and sophisticated works that tells a gripping story while evoking a complex historical period. There exist very few cultural histories of the interwar years."--Carolyn Dean, author of Aversion and Erasure: The Fate of the Victim after the Holocaust
"Sarah Maza's book tells an arresting story that deftly combines conventional social history with a subtle analysis of gender and culture. Using all the arts of the best storytellers, she is careful not to give too much away, and it is only with time and a remarkable conclusion that we realize that Violette Nozi�re is no ordinary tale." -- Ruth Harris, author of Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century
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- Title Violette Noziere: A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris
- Author Sarah Maza
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
- Date 2011-05-31
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780520272729 / 0520272722
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9 in (21.84 x 14.48 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Crime/Criminology
- Cultural Region: French
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010028603
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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