Area violette noziere biography
Area violette noziere biography.
9780520206702
University of California Press, 2011
336 pp
(hardcover)
Violette Nozière was the only daughter of Germaine and Jean-Baptiste Nozière. At age 18, in 1933, she gave her parents each a glass of water "laced with poison," killing her father and sending her mother (who only drank half) into a deep, drugged sleep. Then she went off and bought new evening wear with money she stole from her parents and hung out with a friend at the La Coupole cafe in Montparnasse, "on the lookout for interesting encounters." While this opening sounds like a prelude to a work of historical true crime, Violette Nozièregoes deeper, examining the crime from the points of view of people living in France (especially in Paris) at this time as well as the sociocultural forces at work during the period. At the heart of this study is the question of justice -- in Violette's case, her motivation rests entirely on an accusation that no one at the time really wants to hear
University of California Press, 2011
336 pp
(hardcover)
Violette Nozière was the only daughter of Germaine and Jean-Baptiste Nozière. At age 18, in 1933, she gave her parents each a glass of water "laced with poison," killing her father and sending her mother (who only drank half) into a deep, drugged sleep. Then she went off and bought new evening wear with money she stole from her parents and hung out with a friend at the La Coupole cafe in Montparnasse, "on the lookout for interesting encounters." While this opening sounds like a prelude to a work of historical true crime, Violette Nozièregoes deeper, examining the crime from the points of view of people living in France (especially in Paris) at this time as well as the sociocultural forces at work during the period. At the heart of this study is the question of justice -- in Violette's case, her motivation rests entirely on an accusation that no one at the time really wants to hear