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Sinossi
Joséphine insegna filosofia in un liceo. La sua vita si svolge tra Xanax, pranzi consumati alla svelta in sala professori e provvedimenti della Pubblica istruzione che le prosciugano la voglia di vivere. Anche se. Ogni sera Joséphine diventa Rose Lee. Si spoglia in un locale di strip-tease sugli Champs-Elysées. Si riappropria della vita, si riconcilia con il suo corpo e gode del desiderio che suscita negli uomini e del potere che esercita. Rose Lee dà inizio a una doppia vita. Di notte, regina e testimone dell'affascinante universo del cabaret, tra strass e corsetti, danzatrici fatali ma dalla profonda umanità e annoiati professionisti in cerca di eccitazione e sogno; di giorno, protagonista e vittima di faticose mattinate al liceo. Ma a giocare con il fuoco, Rose Lee rischia di bruciarsi.
- ISBN: 8833573311
- Casa Editrice: E/O
- Pagine: 181
- Data di uscita: 23-06-2021
Recensioni
You can hold a master’s degree in philosophy, and have cellulite and stretch marks, and dream of being a nude dancer. You have to cling to something, and what better to cling to than yourself? The body is weightier than an idea. No Touching is Tina Kover's translation of Ketty Rouf's 2020 Prix du Pre Leggi tutto
“Living means acting as if we aren’t born to die.” Many books have been written about women leading stultifying lives who break free from the boredom—usually through torrid affairs. But Ketty Rouf’s Josephine is a whole different woman entirely, a 30-ish philosophy teacher who breaks free from her bo Leggi tutto
“Every woman, young and old, beautiful and less beautiful, should do this job. For one evening, or a month, or for their whole lives. They would really see men, know what they’re made of; it might save them a lot of suffering.” Synsopsis: Our heroine Josephine is a philosophy teacher who is burnt out, Leggi tutto
It was nearly impossible for both the narrator and the reader to tease out the earnest and the satirical, the pride and the shame, the feminine and the masculine, the real and the fake, the sex and the death. Yet we both end up seeing that each of these pairs is inextricably bound, leading into each Leggi tutto
maybe dancing in a strip club would make my nightmarish life of a teacher exciting too
everyone needs to read this!
NO TOUCHING by Ketty Rouf translated from the French by Tina Kover is my last read and it’s a great debut novel! It follows Joséphine, a high school philosophy teacher, as she begins a secret nighttime job as a stripper. Throughout the book Joséphine discovers her love of her body, makes some intens Leggi tutto
This book tried to be a revolutionary empowering book about women and their role in sec work, but it fell flat. It felt like it was written from the male gaze and was not relatable as a woman. It was a book club choice and yielded good conversation but overall was boring and lifeless
Might be my favorite read of the year. Womanhood, philosophy, sex, humor, grief, and more.
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