Aureole

by Carole Maso

Book Overview

Two women leaf through a book of French slang, with its delicate and delicious mixing of food and sex. A man and a woman sit in a Parisian dive, caressing each other's hands. Two lovers take... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880014822
• ISBN13: 9780880014823
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

The Inebriating Language of Desire.

Alright, so maybe not every page works to evoke the space before the moment of _____, but those that do are blindingly evocative, work up a fever. I'm thinking Anju Flying Streamers After. The Women Wash Lentils. You'd seriously have to die in the middle of the chapter to put the book down. It's language play, a hypothesis worth testing, worth reading. Think of jazz. It's not Coltrane's Ascension. It's that very same morning but with the shutters still closed. Maybe one day, Carole? And as far as the stab at post modern notions by a previous reviewer. Just Wikipedia the subject. Why would a person ever want to write Aureole in the face of traditionalist criticism? And the answer is not, "to be cool/different."

Wonderful poetic non-sensical passion

Very different - but, very wonderful. It may not be a linear novel - with an actual 'story' - but it is an excellent read. Maso is an incredibly talented writer.