The Desert of Love
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Book Overview
Maria Cross--a woman who has decided to act more in tune with her desires than her 'reputation'--comes to represent all the unattainable illusion of first love to an adolescent boy. At the same time, she tempts the boy's father, a respected doctor, to recklessly abandon his career on one last, desperate fling of sensuality. The sheer force of this woman's personality leaves its indelible mark on both people. Years later, father and son encounter Maria...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0881844853
ISBN13:9780881844856
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:Carroll & Graf Publishers
Length:218 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I thought this book was very good. It's the story of a father and son who shared a passion for a beautiful, amoral woman. Although not filled with a lot of action or dialogue, Mauriac performs a surgical deconstruction of the psyche of Raymond, Paul, and Maria Cross, the three main characters, that is fabulous and frightfully revealing. This novel is generally regarded as the best book of the Nobel Prize winning Mauriac.
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