Bibliograph

The collection, Nina Leger ; translated from the French by Laura Francis

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Label

The collection, Nina Leger ; translated from the French by Laura Francis

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The collection

Responsibility statement

Nina Leger ; translated from the French by Laura Francis

Summary

Jeanne moves from room to room. In the anonymous hotel bedrooms of Paris - Hotel Agate, Hotel Prince Albert, Hotel Prince Monceau, Hotel Coypel, Hotel Nord & Champagne - she undresses man after man, forgetting faces, names, pleasures, thoughts, and all physical attributes but one. In her head, a palace of memories is being built, image by new image, lover by new lover. There is no pathologizing Jeanne; she resists it. There is no way to impose a story on Jeanne; she escapes it. There is no pitying Jeanne, no lusting after Jeanne, no uncovering the secret to Jeanne; she won't allow it. Jeanne moves from room to room

Target audience

adult

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