Alexis: Ou, Le Traite Du Vain Combat (Suivi De) Le Coup De Grace (Le Livre De Poche)
Marguerite Yourcenar, Theo Kars, Jenny Tuin
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· 10 ratings · 224 pages · Published: 05 Apr 1971
It was with Alexis that, in 1929, Marguerite Yourcenar began her career as a novelist. Few literary debuts in this century are quite as astonishing; for this profound analysis of a man's homosexuality was written by a young woman of only twenty-four. Alexis was a daring book for its time in its exploration of sexuality and in the distinction its protagonist insists upon between pleasure and love.