
Betty Blue
1951
First Published
4.05
Average Rating
370
Number of Pages
This is a full-fledged lovers' tragedy between a drifter-turned-writer and the fatally flawed Betty, his muse and obsessive promoter.
Avg Rating
4.05
Number of Ratings
2,787
5 STARS
39%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
18%
2 STARS
4%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

Philippe Djian
Author · 25 books
Philippe Djian (born 1949 in Paris) is a popular French author of Armenian descent. Djian graduated from the ESJ Paris. After a period of wandering and odd jobs, he published a volume of short stories, 50 contre 1 (1981), and then the novels Bleu comme l'enfer (1982) and Zone érogène (1984) before gaining fame with his subsequent novels 37°2 le matin (1985) which was filmed by Jean-Jacques Beineix (1986; English title Betty Blue), Maudit Manège (1986), Echine (1988), Crocodiles (short stories) (1989), Lent dehors (1991), Sotos (1993), and Assassins (1994).