num_pages: 308
description: In this frank and vivid account of sexual awakening, a young woman spending her summer holiday in a seaside town is drawn towards an inevitable sexual encounter with the butcher she is working for.
language: English
title: The Butcher
titlecomplete: The Butcher
genres: Classics, France, Erotica, Short Stories, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Novella
ratings_count: 463
awards: name: Prix littéraire Pierre-Louÿs
publisher: Vintage