by Pierre Louÿs · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422633211
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«Afrodita» is the erotic novel by French writer Pierre Louÿs, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover, in Spanish.
In ancient Alexandria, Demetrios, the most desired man in the city and lover of Queen Berenice, falls in love with the courtesan Chrysis. To win her love, she imposes three trials on him that become three crimes.
Translation by Jaime Uribe. Part of the collection «El Jardín de las Delicias». Original work: «Aphrodite. Mœurs Antiques» (1896).
For those who enjoy literary eroticism and the historical recreation of Antiquity.
Pierre-Félix Louÿs was a Belgian poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings. He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection". He was made first a Chevalier and then an Officer of the Légion d'honneur for his contributions to French literature.
