Written in spare, elegant prose, this work is the sexual diary of a well-known Parisian intellectual who likes to spend her nights in the singles clubs of Paris and the Bois de Boulogne where she has sex with a succession of anonymous men. It reflects on the boundaries of art and life.[...]
In an erotic memoir, the author honestly and graphically describes her active and free sexual life of physical gratification, the consequences of sex stripped of sentiment, and the fallacies of female sexuality.[...]
Franske Catherine Millet sjokkerte sine landsmenn da hun høsten 2001 lanserte sine seksuelle memoarer. Moralens voktere mobiliserte selvsagt mot den, mens feministene har funnet grunnlag for å forsvare den. Catherine Millet er en blant flere franske, kvinnelige forfattere og filmskapere som har ko[...]