The Butcher

'Fleshy, beautiful and obscene' Evening Standard

As she whiles away her summer days in a dull seaside town, a young woman finds herself strangely and increasingly drawn to the looming figure of her boss, the butcher.

A controversial bestseller when first published 1988, Alina Reyes novella pairs here with her stories 'Lucie's Long Voyage' and 'The Fatal Bodice' to form a vision of female sensuality that is by turns dreamlike and nightmarish.

‘Her depiction of sex has sparked a resurgence of erotica as a lost literary tradition. The language is as rich as calves' liver.’ The Times

Vintage Desire: classic stories of lust and longing.

Contributor: David Watson (DNU) (Translated by)

Translator: David Watson (DNU)

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