Hailed by Jean Cocteau as a "masterpiece," and by the "Guardian" as "Bret Easton Ellis's "Less Than Zero, avant la lettre,"" this taut tale written by a teenager in the form of a frank "confession" is a gem of early twentieth century romanticism. Long unavailable in the U.S., it is here presented in[...]
Francois, the adolescent narrator, meets Marthe in Paris at the start of the First World War when her husband is away at the Front. They fall in love with each other. Their passion leads to a tragic climax four years later when Marthe passes off their love child as her husband's legitimate child eve[...]
»Jag kommer att utsätta mig för en del förebråelser. Men vad kan jag göra åt det. Det är inte mitt fel att jag fyllde tolv år några månader före krigsutbrottet.« Djävulen i kroppen (1923) skildrar en skolpojkes upplevelser som älskare till en ung gift kvinna vars man befinner sig vid [...]