Belle de Jour

By Joseph Kessel

Book Overview

Severine Serizy is a wealthy and beautiful Parisian housewife. She loves her husband, but she cannot share physical intimacy with him, and her vivid sadomasochistic fantasies drive her to seek employment at a brothel. By day, she enacts her customers' wildest fantasies under the pseudonym "Belle de Jour"; in the evenings, she returns home to her chaste marriage and oblivious husband. Famous for its unflinching eroticism, Joseph Kessel's novel continues to offer an eye-opening glance into a unique female psyche.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585679089
• ISBN13: 9781585679089
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Overlook Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher