Alina Reyes
Encyclopedia
Alina Reyes is a French writer, best known for her literary treatment of eroticism
.
Originally a freelance journalist
, she devoted herself to fiction after a stay in Montreal
. Reyes acquired a certain notoriety with the success of her first novel, The Butcher, which was translated into many languages and adapted for the theatre; like many of her subsequent novels and essays, it showed a concern with contemporary eroticism and how to treat it in literary fiction
.
She now splits her time between Paris
and the Pyrenees
.
Eroticism
Eroticism is generally understood to refer to a state of sexual arousal or anticipation of such – an insistent sexual impulse, desire, or pattern of thoughts, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love...
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Originally a freelance journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, she devoted herself to fiction after a stay in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. Reyes acquired a certain notoriety with the success of her first novel, The Butcher, which was translated into many languages and adapted for the theatre; like many of her subsequent novels and essays, it showed a concern with contemporary eroticism and how to treat it in literary fiction
Literary fiction
Literary fiction is a term that came into common usage during the early 1960s. The term is principally used to distinguish "serious fiction" which is a work that claims to hold literary merit, in comparison from genre fiction and popular fiction . In broad terms, literary fiction focuses more upon...
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She now splits her time between Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and the Pyrenees
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...
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Selected works
- Le Boucher, 1988 (The Butcher)
- Lucie au Long Cours, 1990 (Lucie's Long Voyage)
- Au Corset qui Tue, 1992 (The Fatal Bodice)
- Quand tu Aimes, il Faut Partir, 1993 (When You Love You Must Depart)
- Derrière la Porte, 1994 (Behind Closed Doors)
- Satisfaction, 2002 (Satisfaction)
- Politique de l'Amour (Politics of LovePolitics of LovePolitics of Love is a 2011 film directed by William Dear. Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat and American actor Brian J...
)