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Hecate and Her Dogs
by
Paul Morand
The narrator, sent to an African country to run a branch of a large French bank, indulges in a liaison with Clotilde; only to discover in her unexpected and shocking depths of perversity. This elegant novella of disturbing eroticism was the book with which Morand returned triumphantly to the literary scene in 1954. It explores territory very different in tone from his earl...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
January 1st 2009
by Pushkin Press
(first published January 9th 2002)
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Utterly obscene and reprehensible, but somehow without ever becoming blue or explicit. This is a rare work of art that can treat eroticism without lyricism and perversity without lewdness.
Darkish but easy to read, about the difficulty of sexual relating.An interesting walk in the dark woods.
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Paul Morand was a French diplomat, novelist, playwright and poet, considered an early Modernist.
He was a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po). During the pre-war period, he wrote many short books which are noted for their elegance of style, erudition, narrative concision, and for the author's observation of the countries he visited combined...more
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He was a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po). During the pre-war period, he wrote many short books which are noted for their elegance of style, erudition, narrative concision, and for the author's observation of the countries he visited combined...more
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