Paulina 1880

ALASTOR PRESS 

Paulina Pandolfini is the most beautiful woman in Milan. Her father and brothers jealously watch her every move. Her confessor worries. Paulina wants to submit to God and do penance – but she is without sin, the proud child! Count Cantarini looks at Paulina. He does not understand her, but he loves her madly. And Paulina? Paulina only wants to be happy and suffer and enjoy and be pure.

Pierre Jean Jouves’ Paulina 1880 was published in 1925 and was nominated for the prestigious Prix Goncourt. At once serene and magnificent, it depicts a soul torn between divine grace and carnal passion. Its innovative form and bold syntax herald “the new novel”.

Title: Paulina 1880
Original title: Paulina 1880
Author: Pierre Jean Jouve
Language: Swedish
Translator: Hillevi Norburg

Designer: Beatrice Bohman
Format: Wirebound softcover
Number of pages: 200
Published: March 2017

ISBN: 9789189633421

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Alastor Press is a Swedish independent publisher with a focus on literature that moves in the dark, esoteric and artistically distinctive. The publisher is known for its careful editions of both classic and contemporary works in areas such as decadence, symbolism, horror and philosophical fiction. With an eye for the obscure and cult, Alastor Press highlights writing that challenges, seduces and lingers.