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Baise-Moi (Rape Me) Kindle Edition

by Virginie Despentes (Author), Bruce Benderson (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 out of 5 stars 134 ratings
“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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  1. Print length
    208 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Grove Press
  4. Publication date
    December 1, 2007
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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 ‏ : ‎ 3.9 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 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.
    6 people found this helpful
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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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  • 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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  • Position
    5.0 out of 5 stars You've misunderstood
    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2004
    Virginie Despentes is an anti-stylist. In her prose, she tries to capture the rhythm of the popular, nonliterary mind. She's against aestheticism and the literary aesthetic, much like the avant-garde writer Cathy Acker was. What she hopes to do in this book is to enter directly into the minds of alienated, abject characters, without poeticizing them. This is a very difficult task, and she succeeds beautifully. The translator tried to match this naked, gritty voice as exactly as possible. Those readers who didn't like the book or its style obviously didn't get it, or had to shut their minds off to this harrowing experience of alienation. But this is a very human, deeply touching book. It's brave and uncompromising. The French understood this, but the book has been sadly neglected in this country.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Winter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Boom!
    Reviewed in Germany on October 25, 2018
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    Was für ein Feuerwerk! Eine schwarze Komödie im Stil von Natural Born Killers, nur in Frankreich und mit 2 Frauen die Mickey und Mallory wie brave Kinder aussehen lassen. Ohne Angst und hemmungslos, mit viel Whisky und Hasch läuft die Story noch nicht mal für eine Woche, aber wird während der 241 Seiten nie langweilig. Nichts für empfindsame Gemüter, trockene Trinker oder Moralapostel. Empfehle zum vollen Genuss des Buches eine oder 2 Flaschen Whisky, je nachdem ob man schnell liest oder durstig ist.
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