Sex, Feminism, and the Lost Genius of Violette Leduc

The article can be found: here.

The main points of the article include:

1. Therese and Isabelle is a story of 'marginalized love.'

2. The story was originally to be part of her book Ravages but the publisher felt the content of the story was 'too explicit' and he pulled it.

3. The story wasn't published in France for eleven years.

4. The story involved lesbian romance (and sex) and there are plenty of French stories that are like that.

5. It is about the '...unfiltered exploration of the development of female desire and sexuality.'

6. Their love is '...deeply felt and expressed.'