Seraphita by Honore de Balzac

Seraphita

Honore de Balzac

Balzac begins with a travelogue of the fiords of Norway, concentrating ultimately on one valley that is isolated by the roaring waters of the Sieg River which rises in Sweden and by the forbidding mountains of Jarvis.

We begin with two figures cross-country skiing UP a mountain, past unimaginable abysses. One of them is Minna Becker, daughter of the village pastor. The other is a pale young male named Seraphitus, who expertly guides Minna up the slope to an Alpine meadow.

Theme of androgyny and sexual/gender ‘variance’ is subtle, but hey, it’s 1834!


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Details

ISBN 9780833417572
Genre Fiction; Checklist by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Copyright Date 1834
Publication Date 01-Dec-76
Publisher Steinerbooks
No. of Pages 179
Notes Many reprints, different publishers, different covers and different translators.
LoC Classification PZ3.B22 .Se9
Language English
Rating NotRated
Subject Literary Collections
BookID 11326

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