{"product_id":"thrse-and-isabelle-violette-leduc-9781558618893","title":"Th駻鑚e and Isabelle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo French schoolgirls discover obsessive pleasures in repressed secrets in this \"masterpiece on the tyranny of love\" (\u003cem\u003eIndependent, \u003c\/em\u003e UK).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Violette Leduc was Simone de Beauvoir's protege, an erotic writer to match Jean Genet and a feminist tour de force\" (Rafia Zakaria, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e). With this startling new translation of Leduc's hidden classic, the groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eTh r se and Isabelle\u003c\/em\u003e proves an authentic and liberating exploration of queer sensibilities, which still stands as \"one of the greatest examples of French-Language erotic literature\" ever written (\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCensored for half a century for its vivid depiction of budding female sexuality, this is the \"dark and luminous\" (Nicole Borssard) novel of two young women in the consuming and at times frightening throes of first love. Navigating their schoolgirl relationship becomes a rapturous secret, as they sneak away from repressive boundaries to go beyond the limits of friendship with \"all the raw urgency of female adolescent sexuality: its energy and intensity, the push-pull of excitement, its dangers and glories\" (Kate Millett, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eSexual Politics\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMother Millett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFilmed in 1968 by Radley Metzger, starring Essy Persson and Anna Ga l, \u003cem\u003eTh r se and Isabelle\u003c\/em\u003e is finally available as it was intended to be read. \"I have waited a very long time to slip back into the unexpurgated, delicious darkness with these iconic lesbian lovers\" (Amber Dawn, Lambda Literary Award-winning author \u003cem\u003eSodom Road Exit\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Violette Leduc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558618899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558618893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Violette Leduc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042377396479,"sku":"9781558618893","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16b8695e-31ae-4b14-ba68-6c9d91b45122.jpg?v=1684961156","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thrse-and-isabelle-violette-leduc-9781558618893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}