VAGADU: The Adventure of Catherine Crachat: II

by Pierre Jean Jouve ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, 1997

Volume two of the above-named work portrays Catherine Crachat in middle age, undergoing psychoanalysis and ""recovering"" her childhood and early maturity--which Jouve suavely contrasts to the education of her sexually naive (and also voracious) younger friend Noâmi, a feminine Candide for the ages. Les Liaisons Dangereuses and perhaps the disturbingly erotic fiction of Jouve's near-contemporary Georges Bataille lie (so to speak) behind this urbane two-volume conte. Catherine is a beguiling creature indeed; one wishes Jeanne Moreau had the chance to portray her.

Pub Date: Oct. 1, 1997

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 174

Publisher: Marlboro/Northwestern

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 15, 1997

Categories: FICTION