by Pierre Louÿs · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253028314
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«La femme et le pantin» is the erotic novel by Pierre Louÿs, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (179 pages, in French).
Set during the 1896 Carnival of Seville, it narrates the encounter between the young Frenchman André Stévenol and Concha Pérez. Don Mateo tells him his own story with her to dissuade him: a relationship of seduction, contempt and humiliation. Louÿs portrays amorous obsession and the femme fatale who needs the complicity of her male puppet.
Originally published in 1898; this Le Livre de Poche edition is number 398 in the collection and includes the complete text.
A work for readers of French classics interested in eroticism, obsession and fin-de-siècle decadentism.
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.
