$16.99
The French erotic bestseller that conquered the hearts of millions of readers worldwide
Benoîte Groult’s most pioneering and best-loved work follows the passionate relationship between a pair of mismatched lovers—a Parisian intellectual and a Breton fisherman—brought together by lust. Through love-letters and exotic encounters around the world, their life-long affair evolves, liberating them from the restrictions and disappointments of everyday life. Thirty years after its initial appearance, this beautifully written erotic evergreen feels as fresh as ever with its unconventional, lighthearted, and carefree picture of female sexuality.
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Pages | 264 |
Paperback ISBN | 978-1-64286-009-2 |
Ebook ISBN | 978-1-64286-028-3 |
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Publication date | February 5, 2019 |
Price | $16.99 |
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Benoîte GroultBy her own account, Benoîte Groult was a late-bloomer as an author and feminist. She was in her 40s when she first began writing … Read more |
‘A leading French feminist and writer, Groult drew wide attention with this sexually daring novel.” —New York Times
“A 1988 bestseller hailed for its frank descriptions of female sexual desire” —Variety Magazine
“A frank, no-nonsense writer resolved to claim her ‘place on the battlefield of feminism'” —Kirkus Reviews
“This beautifully written, elegant, moving, and sensual novel convinces the reader that a love story like this is possible. I closed it with a tear in my eye. Halfway between a classic romance and erotica, without ever flowing over on to one side or the other, Salt on my Skin is a magnificent universe of wonderfully truthful and shameless words.” —Livrogne
“A literary masterpiece that shines with insolent brightness” —The Evening Standard
“Benoîte Groult accepts the challenge of describing sex and pleasure from a female perspective—the difficulty that she consciously and conscientiously faces is to rewrite the precise manifestations of female desire with neither vulgarity nor ridicule.” —CATHERINE SLAWY-SUTTON, in The Contemporary Novel in France
“This book is delightful for its frequently beautiful prose, and appealing for how it deals with controversial subjects (abortion, female subjugation, sexism in language).” —Publishers Weekly