The Butcher - Couverture souple

Reyes, Alina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099288680 ISBN 13 : 9780099288688

Editeur : Vintage, 1999

Synopsis

First published in 1991, the author explores the mysteries of sexuality and the multiple identities of woman. A young girl goes to work in a butcher's shop during her college vacation. Every day, the butcher whispers obscenities into her ear, describing her imagined lovemaking. And as the summer heat takes hold, so does her lust.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In THE FATAL BODICE, Lucile finds loads of stockings stored in jars. The neighbour, Hughes, paints her nude, but rejects her advances. Opposite in a shop window there is a bodice, an erotic artefact but also a symbol of constriction and self containment. . . . in THE BUTCHER a young girl goes to work in a butcher's shop during her college holiday. Every day the butcher whispers obscenities into her ear, describing her imagined lovemaking. And as the summer heat takes hold, so does her lust. . . . LUCIE'S LONG VOYAGE is about a young women off to visit a friend in the mountains. She gets lost in the high peaks and ends up living in a cave with a bear. Isolated from civilization, she begins to live like a wild animal, and she and the bear become lovers. . . . These short novels are all erotic, poetic journeys of self-discover y. Alina Reyes explores the mysteries of sexuality and the multiple identities of women.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alina Reyes is the best-selling author of The Butcher (1988), which was an immediate success in her native France, selling 500,000 copies. Her first book, it was unusual for its time in being both a piece of erotica and being written by a woman. She followed it with Lucie's Long Voyage and Behind Closed Doors, as well as contributing to collections of erotic fiction. Her latest novel is a fictionalised account of the life of Milena Jesenska, Kafka's literary companion, which unfortunately has not yet been translated into English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099288680
• ISBN 13: 9780099288688
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible