the awakening and selected stories

The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers and reviewers with its treatment of sex and suicide. In a departure from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine’s desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class convention are themes of this now-classic novel.

The book was influenced by French writers ranging from Flaubert to Maupassant, and can be seen as a precursor of the impressionistic, mood-driven novels of Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes. Variously called «vulgar,» «unhealthily introspective,» and «morbid,» the book was neglected for several decades, not least because it was written by a «regional» woman writer.

• Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/01/2003
• Plaza de edición: EEUU
• Año de edición: 2003
• ISBN: 9780142437322
• Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
• Idioma: INGLÉS
• Editorial: PENGUIN
• Nº de páginas: 286

Este libro ha sido escrito y pretenece a Kate Chopin