The art of sleeping alone : why one French woman suddenly gave up sex
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Coverdale, Linda, Translator
Published
New York : Scribner, 2013.
Status
Central - Adult Biography
B FONTANE S
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B FONTANE S
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Published
New York : Scribner, 2013.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
153 pages ; 21 cm
Street Date
201308
Language
English
Notes
General Note
In English, translated from the French.
General Note
Translation of: L'envie.
Description
The novelist and fashion writer with French Elle magazine has penned an autobiographical tale of her renunciation of sex and the death of the desire that typically precedes the physical act. In a country that prides itself on the status of the French lover-- or "hot rabbits," as sexually "adventurous" politicians are often described-- Fontanel's declaration is akin to heresy. Complaining that she has had enough of being "taken and shaken" the well-known writer, stylish, sexy and 49, is no longer ashamed to say she wants to get off the sexual merry-go-round. Repulsed by the "banality" of sex and having forgotten how to say "no," Fontanel found freedom, if not pleasure, in forsaking love-making altogether.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fontanel, S., & Coverdale, L. (2013). The art of sleeping alone: why one French woman suddenly gave up sex (First Scribner hardcover edition.). Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fontanel, Sophie and Linda, Coverdale. 2013. The Art of Sleeping Alone: Why One French Woman Suddenly Gave Up Sex. New York: Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fontanel, Sophie and Linda, Coverdale. The Art of Sleeping Alone: Why One French Woman Suddenly Gave Up Sex New York: Scribner, 2013.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Fontanel, S. and Coverdale, L. (2013). The art of sleeping alone: why one french woman suddenly gave up sex. First Scribner hardcover edn. New York: Scribner.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fontanel, Sophie,, and Linda Coverdale. The Art of Sleeping Alone: Why One French Woman Suddenly Gave Up Sex First Scribner hardcover edition., Scribner, 2013.
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