Night in the Afternoon

"A short libertine novel . . . It is masterful, from beginning to end, intelligent, and in many passages, very beautiful" ( La Quinzaine ).

Night in the Afternoon is a breathless, lyrical, and starkly erotic novella of a young woman caught between two lovers. Though she shares a wonderfully tender and loving relationship with her boyfriend Gilles, she is unconsciously lured by a newspaper ad placed by a "masterful man" requesting a "docile" young woman. Answering it, she meets someone she will know only as the red-headed man. They begin a brief but intense affair--she swears each time that she will not see him again, only to feel her resolve crumbling before their next assignation. Reminiscent of Pauline R�age and Alina Reyes, this is an unforgettable story of an irresistible, forbidden desire. Joined here by several of Caroline Lamarche's short stories, this collection is a delectable, sophisticated piece of literary erotica and a deeply satisfying exploration of illicit passion.

"To say that Night in the Afternoon is an erotic novel is to reduce it. . . . Beautiful . . . It is about, in effect, learning to reexperience love . . . In Night in the Afternoon , to surrender is to be delivered." -- Les Inrockuptibles