Mademoiselle de Maupin
An influential novelist's shocking tale of sexual deception draws readers into the bedrooms and boudoirs of a French château in a compelling exploration of desire and sexual intrigue.
An influential novelist's shocking tale of sexual deception draws readers into the bedrooms and boudoirs of a French château in a compelling exploration of desire and sexual intrigue.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140448139 (0140448136)
Publish date: July 25th 2006
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Love,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
19th Century,
France,
French Literature,
Glbt
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...