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Crush: An Erotic Novel
This debut novel of a Frenchwoman's obsessive affair is "a little book that astonishes, by the fierceness of its outlook, the rawness of its tone" (Magazine Litt�raire).
Am�lie is a thirty-year-old haute bourgeoisie wife of a distant husband and mother of two picture-perfect daughters. One evening at a service station on the outskirts of the Bois de Boulogne, she meets a man named David and immediately steps into a new life of erotic sensuality. Twenty years her senior, darkly handsome, and almost embarrassingly virile, he is a suave filmmaker, a confirmed bachelor, and the perfect match for the perfect affair--but one with a twist.
Am�lie is not the typical lonely wife, starving for affection. Capricious, snobbish, and sometimes deceitful, she is ravenously hungry for pleasure. Written with cool-headed intensity and sexual heat, Crush is an unforgettable odyssey through the wilds of desire into the badlands of erotic obsession.
Am�lie is a thirty-year-old haute bourgeoisie wife of a distant husband and mother of two picture-perfect daughters. One evening at a service station on the outskirts of the Bois de Boulogne, she meets a man named David and immediately steps into a new life of erotic sensuality. Twenty years her senior, darkly handsome, and almost embarrassingly virile, he is a suave filmmaker, a confirmed bachelor, and the perfect match for the perfect affair--but one with a twist.
Am�lie is not the typical lonely wife, starving for affection. Capricious, snobbish, and sometimes deceitful, she is ravenously hungry for pleasure. Written with cool-headed intensity and sexual heat, Crush is an unforgettable odyssey through the wilds of desire into the badlands of erotic obsession.
- GenresErotica
128 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 8, 1996
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January 7, 2010
This book was translated from it's original French version, and some pieces may have been lost. I felt overall that this was just a bit boring with no real plot line other than "affair". As the reader you develop no compassion for the characters Amelie and David and thus the sexual scenes seem flat.
The story: Amelie and David meet at a gas station. She from the first pages is overly conscience of her appearance (the decision on the hat seemed drawn out). An affair begins and she and David have sexual encounters nearly everywhere that he owns a residence or takes her. And in truth the scene depicted while they were on holiday was very well written, but it is followed up with a disagreement between the two that leaves you scratching your head. Amelie ultimately gets bored with her affair and the story ends. That's it. I guess if you want to over analyze this piece you could say that this author has left out all of the fantastical elements that many authors use and just left the things that could actually occur in life. No fluff, just a real life scenario. Just your standard affair.
The story: Amelie and David meet at a gas station. She from the first pages is overly conscience of her appearance (the decision on the hat seemed drawn out). An affair begins and she and David have sexual encounters nearly everywhere that he owns a residence or takes her. And in truth the scene depicted while they were on holiday was very well written, but it is followed up with a disagreement between the two that leaves you scratching your head. Amelie ultimately gets bored with her affair and the story ends. That's it. I guess if you want to over analyze this piece you could say that this author has left out all of the fantastical elements that many authors use and just left the things that could actually occur in life. No fluff, just a real life scenario. Just your standard affair.
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October 10, 2009
What can I say? Very French, very Grove Press. That is to say, frank and cool and sexy.
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