Fermentation: The Life of Vivien Leigh

By Angelica Jacob

Book Overview

Fermentation is an erotic novel about the senses, carnal pleasures, and one woman's insatiable appetite. Set in a French hill town during a searing heat wave, it is a surreal and sensual tale of desire, satisfaction, and need. In the midst of a scorching summer, the garbagemen go on strike, the air turns stagnant, and Fermentation's young narrator, Odissa, becomes pregnant by her boyfriend, a fire-eater. In the eerie calm of the drys relentless heat, she awakens to an incredible craving for cheese.From Brie to Parmigiano to Roquefort -- Odissa finds that satisfying her hunger spawns a series of incredibly erotic dreams and fantasies. And as her baby grows, so does her constant craving, until it appears that Odissa herself may be ripening.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802135900
• ISBN13: 9780802135902
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.3"