The best story in the collection is Maryse Conde's story about being alien. The other stories are pretty hit and miss. Some are good, and some are meh. The earlier ones tend to be the better ones.
Good collection of stories.
IntroductionTranslator's NoteSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Émile ZolaFamily Tree of the Rougon-Macquart--The Conquest of PlassansExplanatory Notes
ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingTranslator's Note--Dangerous LiaisonsAppendix 1: Additional LettersAppendix 2: Selected Adaptations of 'Dangerous Liaisons'Notes
Recommended by Margaret and Simran.
Sex is everywhere, except in sexuality.( R. Barthes).Eroticism seduces sex into a passionate euphoria ; the games of seduction upstages the terminating biological process. Sex is limited; seduction is limitless performing aesthetic gestural plays of sensual rituals challenging moralistic foundation...
This was a library loan I didn't have a chance to finish. I enjoyed it, but was lured by other titles. I suspect once I get through my current list of research titles and books that might be similar to my own novel (call them query research), I'll go back to this.
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