The Sexual Life of Catherine M.

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A gripping remembrance of one woman's astonishing unfettered sexual life - a life told as it was led, completely without shame, guilt, or any regrets. Stripped of sentiment - including the joys and sorrows of her open marriage - the book details a completely fearless unmasking of the fallacies we cling to, and the often shocking, sometimes disturbing, truths of female sexuality.

From the Publisher

In an erotic memoir, the editor of Art Press describes her remarkably active and free sexual life as she honestly and graphically describes her world of physical gratification, the consequences of sex stripped of sentiment, and the fallacies of female sexuality.

Review

Joy Press - Village Voice
"Written with the unsentimental precision of a guided missile, Millet's slim book detonates little explosions of awkwardness and confusion in the reader, pitting arousal against intellectual contemplation. She writes about her experiences not only with incandescent prose but also with analytic detachment, as if she were a documentarian observing from the front lines of sexuality, fluids, limbs, and garments flying all around her."

Review

Kirkus
"A bold, intelligent, pioneering tour de force."

More about the book

A French art critic here recalls her sexual encounters. This memoir was a bestseller in France.