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Title: ECSTASY
By: Louis Couperus, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (Trans), John Gray (Trans)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1901285022
ISBN 13: 9781901285024
Publisher: PUSHKIN PRESS
Pub. date: 1 February, 1998
Pages: 160
Translated from: Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350)
Description: This is the story of a young and beautiful widow, Cecile, who falls in love with a notorious womanizer. The tranquil setting in turn-of-the-century Holland belies the suffering that she has to endure in the midst of polite society, and the pain of unspoken passion as she abandons herself to love.
Synopsis: Ecstasy is a novel of burning passion and agonising restraint. In turn-of the-century Holland, Cecile, a beautiful high-society widow, falls in love with a notorious womanizer, but her desire must remain unspoken. This is one of Couperus's most powerful novels. A brilliant observer of fin-de-siecle Dutch society, his works are characterised by perfect characterisation, exquisite description and a mordant wit, which brought comparisons to Oscar Wilde.'Couperus binds both irony and spiritual redemption. '- The Daily Telegraph'Couperus' sympathy for the hybrid, the impure and the ambiguous gave him a peculiarly modern voice. It is extraordinary that this Dutch dandy, writing in the flowery language of fin-de-siecle decadence, should still sound so fresh.'- Ian Buruma, The New York Times Review of BooksLouis Couperus (1863-1923), regarded as one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature, was a leading member of the Tachtigers movement. Born in the Hague, Couperus was taken by his family to the Dutch East Indies as a child, where he remained until his father's death. His other novels include Eline Vere (1889), Ecstasy (Extaze: Een boek van geluk, 1892), Inevitable (Langs lijnen van geleidelijkheid, 1900), and The Hidden Force (De Stille Kracht, 1900), all of which are available from Pushkin Press. A renowned wit, raconteur and commentator, Couperus continued to publish critically and commercially successful work until his death.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Pushkin Press
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