In a man's arms

Author: Camille Laurens (France), translated by Han Hulin
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Publication Date: 2002-08-01
Features: She never whispers to women or considers writing for them. The narrator says, and repeats, that only men in the world care about her, but these men are intelligent, strong, charming, even somewhat wild and rough. She describes them so vividly that this book is bound to please all readers, according to France's Le Monde de la Librairie. She pays great attention to the quality of writing and the joy of reading, carefully handling women's privacy. Throughout the book, this old saying echoes: "It's wonderful to lie in the arms of the opposite sex, in the arms of those people!"—France's L'Express. With skillful and effortless penwork, she seamlessly connects fragments, plays with words, and expresses emotions freely, blending satire and humor with warmth. Camille's novel is one of the most captivating books of the season, and it may appeal more to female readers than male readers, though this was not the author's intention.—France's Le Figaro Littéraire. This is a book about men, a book about love for men—they are both the beloved and the loving ones. First, men in the general sense, referring to all those for whom, besides their genitalia, we know nothing, merely that they are men; second, men in the special sense, referring to certain individuals.