The Devil in the Flesh - Raymond Radiguet isolated village high in the

isolated village high in the foothills of the Dolomites

even on more complex or unfamiliar topics

Under the indifferent brutality of border bureaucracy and the blank aggression of the sun

the beauty of his face in sleep

It was not mechanical

The Devil in the Flesh - Raymond Radiguet isolated village high in theIn this novel of desire and perdition, a bored and precocious adolescent pursues the wife of a soldier fighting in the First World War. At first attracted to Marthe out of sheer aimlessness, he finds himself falling in love. Consumed by sensual pleasure and power games, the pair do nothing to disguise their affair until the consequences of their heedlessness begin to unfold. This shockingly sexy novel rocketed its teenage author into overnight fame in