Description
Every night when she goes to sleep, a woman dreams of erotic encounters with different men. She dreams of being the sponge squeezed to foaming in a gas station attendant's hand, and of twining her bare skin with a sea lion's thick pelt under the watchful eye of the sea lion trainer. From a gas station attendant to a sea lion trainer, a watchmaker to a teacher, a furrier to an astrologer, each evening's new encounter is more sensual and extravagant than the last.
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About the Author
Corinne Hoex (b. 1946) is an award-winning contemporary Belgian writer and member of the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium. She has, to date, published eight works of fiction and prose and over twenty works of poetry. Hoex has won several literary prizes, including the 2013 Prix Felix Denayer in recognition of her collection of work. She currently lives in Brussels. Caitlin O'Neil has a master's degree in French linguistics from The University of Texas at Austin. She is based in Minneapolis, where she is a publicist and copy editor. Gentlemen Callers is her first book-length translation.
Reviews
"Brought into English by Caitlin O'Neil, Corinne Hoex's sensuous-and sensational-Gentlemen Callers is full of exquisite treats, rivaling Belgian compatriot Amelie Nothomb's wit, humor, and imagination.... it's gems like this that remind me that there's still much to discover from smaller, less heard-from countries within Europe. I would consider it scandalous if Hoex's fiction is still unknown in the world literature canon ten years down the road." --Lee Yew Leong, Asymptote Journal
Book Information
ISBN 9781628973686
Author Corinne Hoex
Format Paperback
Page Count 156
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
*PROMOTIONAL COPIES: over 300 copies will be sent to booksellers and reviewers across the country *STRONG MEDIA CAMPAIGN: Dalkey will promote on all social media channels *EBOOK AVAILABLE: Ebook will be mentioned on all press release materials, Dalkey website, etc.
About the Author
Corinne Hoex (b. 1946) is an award-winning contemporary Belgian writer and member of the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium. She has, to date, published eight works of fiction and prose and over twenty works of poetry. Hoex has won several literary prizes, including the 2013 Prix Felix Denayer in recognition of her collection of work. She currently lives in Brussels. Caitlin O'Neil has a master's degree in French linguistics from The University of Texas at Austin. She is based in Minneapolis, where she is a publicist and copy editor. Gentlemen Callers is her first book-length translation.
Reviews
"Brought into English by Caitlin O'Neil, Corinne Hoex's sensuous-and sensational-Gentlemen Callers is full of exquisite treats, rivaling Belgian compatriot Amelie Nothomb's wit, humor, and imagination.... it's gems like this that remind me that there's still much to discover from smaller, less heard-from countries within Europe. I would consider it scandalous if Hoex's fiction is still unknown in the world literature canon ten years down the road." --Lee Yew Leong, Asymptote Journal
Book Information
ISBN 9781628973686
Author Corinne Hoex
Format Paperback
Page Count 156
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
