Salt on My Skin

Benoite Groult, Mo Teitelbaum, Fay Weldon

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WORLD EDITIONS
01 May 2019

Fiction & Literature; Fiction in translation

Salt on My Skin is widely regarded as Groult's most pioneering, best-loved book.

This highly-charged novel follows the passionate relationship between mismatched lovers: a Parisian intellectual and a Breton fisherman, brought together by lust. Through love-letters and exotic encounters around the world, their life-long affair evolves — liberating them from the restrictions and disappointments dealt by real life.

Set in France in the 1960s, it explores the touching dynamics of the couple's relationship, and whether their raw desire for each other can overcome the wide social divide that separates them. The narrative examines the difficulties of writing frankly about sex and explores the protagonist's conflict between fulfilling her cerebral and sexual needs. Is she dominant, or subservient?

'A leading French feminist and writer, Groult drew wide attention with this sexually daring novel.' — The New York Times

By: Benoite Groult
Foreword by: Fay Weldon
Translated by: Mo Teitelbaum
Imprint: WORLD EDITIONS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 133mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781642860092
ISBN 10: 1642860093
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

By her own account, Beno te Groult was a late-bloomer as an author and feminist. She was in her 40's when she first began writing and in her 50's when she embraced feminism. She immediately proved to be a prolific writer and an ardent activist. She wrote Salt on my Skin when she was 65. Married four times, she died in 2016 aged 96.

Reviews for Salt on My Skin

A leading French feminist and writer, Groult drew wide attention with this sexually daring novel --The NY Times A 1988 bestseller hailed for its frank descriptions of female sexual desire --Variety Magazine This book is delightful for its frequently beautiful prose, and appealing for how it deals with controversial subjects (abortion, female subjugation, sexism in language). --Publishers Weekly