{"product_id":"emmanuelle-paperback","title":"Emmanuelle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmmanuelle Arsan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLowell Bair\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic book of erotica is, alongside \u003ci\u003eStory of O\u003c\/i\u003e, the most famous French underground novel of the late twentieth century and a work of seductive literary merit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt begins with nineteen-year-old Emmanuelle's flight from London to join her husband in Bangkok. On the airplane, she is seduced by the passenger seated next to her. By the time they land, she has indulged her irrepressible and insatiable sexual appetite, embarking on an odyssey of hedonistic sensual discovery that takes her from the arms of her husband to intimate encounters with the wives of his business associates, to further explorations wherein the philosophical and aesthetic facets of eroticism are expounded--and enacted--to the fullest degree. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntoxicating and intelligent, \u003ci\u003eEmmanuelle\u003c\/i\u003e, which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies since its initial clandestine publication in France, follows one woman's liberation from unconscious to intensely conscious sexuality. It is as pertinent today as it was four decades ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmmanuelle Arsan\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonym of Marayat and Louis Jacques Rollet-Andriane. \u003ci\u003eEmmanuelle\u003c\/i\u003e was initially revealed to be written by Marayat, in order to conceal the identity of her husband, a French diplomat stationed in Thailand. Several more novels were published under the Emmanuelle Arsan moniker, including \u003ci\u003eEmmanuelle II\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLowell Bair\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) translated \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Count of Monte Cristo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom of the Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725477220415,"sku":"9780802122353","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5ffe8a4cffa8e285686c46186e4bf87f.webp?v=1765106719","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/emmanuelle-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}