Belle De Jour: A Novel
Joseph Kessel
Apr 2007 · Abrams
Ebook
142
Pages
About this ebook
The scandalous novel that inspired the Luis Buñuel movie starring Catherine Deneuve. “A relentless exposé of passion . . . An emotional adventure.” —Chicago Sun-Times
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.
“Truly a work of art.” —The Houston Post
“An intuitively knowledgeable novel of a woman’s double life and the dichotomy of body and soul.” —New York Post
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.
“Truly a work of art.” —The Houston Post
“An intuitively knowledgeable novel of a woman’s double life and the dichotomy of body and soul.” —New York Post
About the author
Joseph Kessel (1898-1979) was born in Argentina. He studied in Paris and Nice, and served as a nurse in World War I. A member of the Academie Francaise from 1962 until his death, Kessel wrote many novels, several of which became films. He died in France in 1979.
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