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Baise-Moi (Rape Me) Kindle Edition

by Virginie Despentes (Author), Bruce Benderson (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 130 ratings
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“A sticky, smashed, sweaty, laughing too loud, broken teeth, drunker than drunk adventure” from the filmmaker and author of the Vernon Subutex novels (Bust Magazine).

Baise-Moi is one of the most controversial French novels of recent years, a punk fantasy that takes female rage to its outer limits. The basis for a hit underground film which was banned in France, Baise-Moi is a searing story of two women on a rampage that is part Thelma and Louise, part Viking conquest.

Manu and Nadine have had all they can take. Manu has been brutally raped and determines it's not worth leaving anything precious lying vulnerable—including her very self. She teams up with Nadine, a nihilist who watches pornography incessantly, and they enact their own version of les vols et les viols (rape and pillage)—they lure men sexually, use them up, then rob and kill them. Drawing from the spiky cadences of the Sex Pistols and the murderous eroticism of Georges Bataille or Dennis Cooper, Baise-Moi is a shocking, accomplished, and truly unforgettable novel.

“Pure payback . . . subversive and exhilarating.”—Elle

“Fuses triple-X porno, New Wave abandon, and feminist revenge fantasy . . . Risky and different.”—The Mercury News


“A small revolution.”—L.A. Weekly


“An underground favorite that will be talked about for years.”—Female FYI
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"Fuses triple-X porno, New Wave abandon, and feminist revenge fantasy. . . Risky and different." -- Glenn Lovell, The Mercury News

"Pure payback . . . subversive and exhilarating." -- Karen Durbin, Elle

"A small revolution." -- Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly

"An underground favorite that will be talked about for years." -- Francesca Miller, Female FYI

About the Author

Virginie Despentes was born in 1969. She is the author of three novels, and she wrote and codirected the film version of Baise-Moi.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005LPUF5Y
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grove Press; 1st edition (December 1, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3942 KB
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  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 202 pages
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Virginie Despentes

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Virginie Despentes is an award-winning author and filmmaker, and a noted French feminist and cultural critic. She is the award of many award-winning books, including King Kong Theory, Apocalypse Baby (winner of the 2010 Prix Renaudot), and Vernon Subutex (winner of the Anaïs-Nin Prize 2015, Prix Landerneau 2015, Prix La Coupole 2015). She also co-directed the screen adaptations of her controversial novels Baise-Moi and Bye Bye Blondie, as well as screenwriter for the film adaptation of her novel, Pretty Things, starring Marion Cotillard.

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George Patrick Mcgill
5.0 out of 5 stars Not for amatuers!
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2013
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This is possibly the grittiest film i've ever seen. I was a projectionist over 20 years, so I've seen a lot of film. I did not "like" it, but I don't think it was meant to be liked. It shows graphically the dehumanizing effects of the current global economics and moral decay that is a side effect of that fact. The graphic sex is integral to this portrayal. I have to admit I was actually sympathetic to these women, in spite of the horrific acts. There is not one male in evidence that deserves such sympathy. If we are honest, these people and events are not far removed from any society on the planet. It took a courageous filmmaker to present it to us.
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matty creen
4.0 out of 5 stars Thelma and Louise on a cocaine rock
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023
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i didn’t come up with the above comparison but it seems to fit pretty nicely. Totally nihilistic and into killing just for the sake of killing.
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Joel Gaviola
5.0 out of 5 stars Triggered by the movie
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018
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The book was incendiary like the movie.
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Shannon Barber
3.0 out of 5 stars Not impressed
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2006
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"Baise-Moi" (Rape Me), is billed as shocking and exhilarating however, I found it to be neither. Virginie Despentes' writing style (perhaps due to being translated) holds no shocks or punches. This novel is decently paced if at times it seems to be reaching for the shock value. At times the main characters, Nadine and Manu come off as caricatures of bad girl archetypes that are neither inventive nor are they new. I hope (and to give credit to Despentes) that when read in the original language the book retains more of a literary punch. Overall I was unimpressed with both the book and the hype.
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Brian Willems
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow.
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2019
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Really.
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J.L.
1.0 out of 5 stars Brutal
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2014
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This whole book is basically about two people letting all of their humanity go, no longer listening to any part of their brain that says "no". It is brutal and horrible. Not erotica, but rather really an authors attempt to put every possible shocking thing into one. Book.
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A Borghese
2.0 out of 5 stars Meandering
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2020
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A pointless book, the characters are flat with no discernible personalities. It would have been more interesting as a dry case study; these are the circumstances and these are the actions and reactions. I had no desire to know any of the people.
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Anne F.
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2015
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disgusting
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Finn Neumeyer
1.0 out of 5 stars Did not enjoy the bratality, red about 1/3, and I had to delete it
Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2021
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Did not enjoy the brutality, red about 1/3, and I had to delete it
Would like to get my a refund
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Doll Heart 🖤🩰
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2023
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mindzapping
5.0 out of 5 stars Unglaubliche Brutalität
Reviewed in Germany on July 11, 2023
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Ich habe dieses Buch in seiner englischen Übersetzung gelesen.
Es ist verständlich, dass es damals zu einer Empörung kam, denn dieses Buch wurde bereits vor vielen Jahren geschrieben und war das erste Buch dieser neuen Schriftstellerin. Es fasziniert von vorn bis hinten allein durch seinen Stil.
Warum man es immer noch lesen sollte? Die Autorin ist mittlerweile ein gefeierter Star in Frankreich. Provzierend schreibt sie immer noch. Ich denke, es lohnt sich zu den Anfängen ihrer Schreiberei zurückzukehren, wenn man die späteren Bücher sinnvoll einordnen will.
Ein ganz großartiges Buch.
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Cliente Kindle
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for the story
Reviewed in Italy on June 8, 2023
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-100 stars for the horrid translation. Such a beautiful book nearly
ruined by a lazy translator.

Despite that creton, read this book!
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Patricia
1.0 out of 5 stars Not my cup of tea
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2020
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I don't think I would call despentes a feminist, I didn't enjoy the book and I definitely would be recommending it.
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