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More copies of this ISBN:The Illusionistby Franco Mallet Joris
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Bored and lonely, 15-year-old Helene decides to pay a visit to her father's mistress. Within days, she is captivated by Tamara, a Russian emigre whose arts of enchantment include lingering kisses, sudden dismissals, and savage, rapturous reunions. As long as she submits to Tamara, Helene is permitted to stay near her: reading forbidden novels, meeting Tamara's bohemian friends, and learning more "refinements of depravity" than the gossiping matrons of her provincial French town could imagine existed.
Flemish writer Francoise Mallet-Joris was 20 years old in 1951 when her first novel," Le Rempart des Beguines" — published in English as" The Illusionist" — created a sensation in France. This contemplative, beautifully written book, with its dark undercurrents of desire, has its origins in" Madame Bovary" and the novels of Colette, and was a precursor to Francoise Sagan's similarly themed" Bonjour Tristesse."
Synopsis:Bored and lonely, 15-year-old Helene decides to pay a visit to her father's mistress. Within days, she is captivated by Tamara, a Russian emigre whose arts of enchantment include lingering kisses, sudden dismissals, and savage, rapturous reunions. As long as she submits to Tamara, Helene is permitted to stay near her: reading forbidden novels, meeting Tamara's bohemian friends, and learning more "refinements of depravity" than the gossiping matrons of her provincial French town could imagine existed. Flemish writer Francoise Mallet-Joris was 20 years old in 1951 when her first novel," Le Rempart des Beguines" — published in English as" The Illusionist" — created a sensation in France. This contemplative, beautifully written book, with its dark undercurrents of desire, has its origins in" Madame Bovary" and the novels of Colette, and was a precursor to Francoise Sagan's similarly themed" Bonjour Tristesse."
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