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Béguin
A quoi pense une femme lorsqu'on la courtise, lorsqu'on lui fait l'amour, lorsqu'on lui jure un amour éternel ?
Une femme mariée, un soir, rencontre dans une statio-service un célibataire entreprenant. Amélie, de bonne humeur, fait le plein d'essence. David tourne un film, la voit et tombe amoureux.
Cela commence comme un roman rose. Mais Béguin invite bientôt le lecteur à suivre David et Amélie dans leurs ébats. Voyage à l'intérieur d'une liaison et de sa géographie amoureuse. Visite commentée par une femme gaie, féroce à l'endroit des hommes et toujours lucide quant à ses attentes. On y voit Amélie tenir une chronique savoureuse de sa double vie et s'engager au-delà de la bienséance, là où le sentiment amoureux se dépouille de son halo de vertu, là où les gestes se font crus.
Un bémol apporté aux idées reçues sur les femmes, le sexe et l'amour.
Une femme mariée, un soir, rencontre dans une statio-service un célibataire entreprenant. Amélie, de bonne humeur, fait le plein d'essence. David tourne un film, la voit et tombe amoureux.
Cela commence comme un roman rose. Mais Béguin invite bientôt le lecteur à suivre David et Amélie dans leurs ébats. Voyage à l'intérieur d'une liaison et de sa géographie amoureuse. Visite commentée par une femme gaie, féroce à l'endroit des hommes et toujours lucide quant à ses attentes. On y voit Amélie tenir une chronique savoureuse de sa double vie et s'engager au-delà de la bienséance, là où le sentiment amoureux se dépouille de son halo de vertu, là où les gestes se font crus.
Un bémol apporté aux idées reçues sur les femmes, le sexe et l'amour.
- GenresErotica
190 pages, Paperback
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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