Author : Joseph Kessel
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468307789
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)
Book Synopsis Belle De Jour by : Joseph Kessel
Download or read book Belle De Jour written by Joseph Kessel and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2007-04-24 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scandalous novel that inspired the Luis Buñuel movie starring Catherine Deneuve. “A relentless exposé of passion . . . An emotional adventure.” —Chicago Sun-Times Severine Serizy is a wealthy and beautiful Parisian housewife. She loves her husband, but she cannot share physical intimacy with him, and her vivid sadomasochistic fantasies drive her to seek employment at a brothel. By day, she enacts her customers’ wildest fantasies under the pseudonym “Belle de Jour”; in the evenings, she returns home to her chaste marriage and oblivious husband. Famous for its unflinching eroticism, Joseph Kessel’s novel continues to offer an eye-opening glance into a unique female psyche. “Truly a work of art.” —The Houston Post “An intuitively knowledgeable novel of a woman’s double life and the dichotomy of body and soul.” —New York Post