Thérèse and Isabelle
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Rating | : | 4.62 (940 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1558618899 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-06-12 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
I have waited a very long time to slip back into the unexpurgated, delicious darkness with these iconic lesbian lovers." —Amber Dawn, author of How Poetry Saved My Life. "This is all the raw urgency of female adolescent sexuality: its energy and intensity, the push-pull of excitement, its dangers and glories, building to a coming explosion." —Kate Millett, author of Mother Millett"Read it in one sitting Literally breathless. This first-person torch song for 'the pink brute' reminds us why French schoolgirls are the emblem for naughty passions as literary classics." —Sarah Schulman, author of The Gentrification of the
Kindle Editing Review This is simply a review of the kindle edition. The book can speak for itself. It is very well put together and I have had no problems with it at all.
In 1966 when it was originally published in France, the text was censored because of its explicit depiction of young homosexuality. Included is an afterword by Michael Lucey, professor of French and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley.. With this publication, the original, unexpurgated text—a stunning literary portrayal of female desire and sexuality—is available to a US audience for the first time. Thérèse and Isabelle is the tale of two boarding school girls in love