Camille Claudel A Novel

Camille Claudel, an old lady confined to the Asylum for the Insane in Montdevergues, France, reviews her life. She says, "For no reason but vengeance they have me locked up in this dreary dungeon where I live without a face, without a soul, without a name... I hope my memoir will illustrate the heights of passion Rodin and I reached, and unravel the mystery of why they were transformed to vinegar and ashes. The tragedy is not only hers, she adds, but of many female artists who found it impossible to achieve the recognition bestowed on men of lesser ability. Part One dramatizes the catastrophic relationship between Camille and her unloving mother, how she became a great artist, as well as an inmate of Montdevergues. Part Two deals with the rise of her career in the setting of her ecstatic life with Rodin. Their ten years of bliss are followed by the disintegration of her love for him, and its evolution into hatred and madness. Part Three describes the horrors of Claudel's life in the asylum and ends with the highly original manner in which she comes to terms psychologically with the important figures in her life.Bond, Alma H. is the author of 'Camille Claudel A Novel' with ISBN 9781424116706 and ISBN 1424116708.