Title: The desert world
First published: 1996
Description: Set in Switzerland during the first decades of this century, The Desert World focuses upon the troubled relationships uniting three remarkable characters: Jacques de Todi, the homosexual son of a pastor; Luc Pascal, a French poet; and Baladine Nikolaievna, a mysterious and fascinating Russian woman involved with them both. This novel is a potent exploration of the destructive power of sexuality and the interrelationships between love and death.
Subjects: Fiction, Switzerland, fiction, Fiction, erotica, general, Fiction, psychological
Places: Switzerland
LC classification: PQ2619.O78 M613 1996